The battalion’s troops lined up on both sides of the road to pay their final respects to the dead soldier as his body was transported in a German armored personnel carrier to Kaunas Airport to be flown home aboard a German Air Force aircraft.
The ceremony was attended by Germany’s ambassador to Lithuania, Angelika Viets, and members of the Lithuanian military.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė sent a wreath of flowers to pay tribute to the soldier, who died when his armored vehicle hit a tree in the Pabrade training area.