Wife identifies husband as one of 4 Fort Stewart soldiers missing in Lithuania
Georgia Franco said she met her husband after moving from Easley, South Carolina to Savannah.
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Updated: 7:49 AM EDT Mar 30, 2025
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PRAYER IN LITHUANIAN, 5 SECS> THIS IS VIDEO -- SHARED BY THE LITHUANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER -- OF A MOMENT OF SILENCE PRAYER HELD TODAY FOR THE 4 MISSING 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIERS -- WHO HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE A TRAINING ACCIDENT TUESDAY NIGHT OFFICIALS HAVE SINCE SPENT DAYS TRYING TO RELEASE THE 70-TON M88 HERCULES FROM 15 FEET OF MUD... WATER AND SILT... THAT THEY BELIEVE THE SOLDIERS COULD BE INSIDE OF TONIGHT -- THE U.S. ARMY SAYS A SPECIALIZED DIVE TEAM AND REMOTELY OPERATED SUBMERSIBLE HAVE ARRIVED ON SCENE TO CONTINUE WHAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CALLS A "SOMBER MISSION" THE FOCUS OF THE OPERATION HAS TURNED TO REMOVING THE MUD AND SHORING UP THE AREA AROUND THE POND -- WHERE THE VEHICLE IS LOCATED THE DIVE TEAM TRIED -- BUT WAS UNSUCESSFUL AT FINDING LIFT POINTS ON THE M88... THE U.S. ARMY SAYS THE VEHICLE IS STUCK 4 METERS BELOW THE SURFACE... UNDER ANOTHER 2 METERS OF MUD MANY OTHER NATO COUNTRIES ARE ASSISTING... POLAND SENDING 55 ENGINEERS AND EQUIPMENT... AND LITHUANIAN GEOLOGISTS BROUGHT IN SONAR EQUIPMENT TO HELP MAP THE AREA AROUND THE SUNKEN VEHICLE US ARMY EUROPE SAID IN A POST TO X THAT NOTHING WILL STOP THEM FROM BRINGING THEIR SOLDIERS HOME... TONIGHT -- WE'RE ALSO LEARNING THE IDENTITY OF THE ONE OF THE MISSING. ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE... SGT. EDVIN FRANCO -- ORIGINALLY FROM GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA -- IS ONE OF THE FORT STEWART SOLDIERS BELIEVED TO BE IN THAT M88 IN LITHUANIA SHE SAYS SHE HAD BEEN TEXTING HIM-- UP UNTIL HER WENT ON THAT MISSION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING HIS WIFE SAYS SGT. *EDVIN FRANCO HAS SERVED THE ARMY SINCE 2018... FORT STEWART WAS HIS FIRST DUTY STATION WHEN WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR FRANCO AND THE 3 OTHER MI
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Wife identifies husband as one of 4 Fort Stewart soldiers missing in Lithuania
Georgia Franco said she met her husband after moving from Easley, South Carolina to Savannah.
Download the WJCL App for breaking news alerts: Apple, Google PlayNearly a week after four soldiers based out of Fort Stewart disappeared in Lithuania, a woman has come forward to identify one of the four as her husband.Georgia Franco told 11Alive that she met her husband, Sgt. Edvin Franco, 25, after moving from Easley, South Carolina to Savannah.That was back in 2022.Georgia said her husband is originally from Glendale, Calif. The couple welcomed their first child back in October.Georgia said she knew something was wrong when he didn't text her good morning. Hours later, her suspicions were confirmed."They knocked on my door at 11 p.m. (Tuesday) and told me their (soldiers') status was unknown," she said. "Since then, we’ve had crisis teams and chaplains with us. The support has been overwhelming."The search for the soldiers remains ongoing. Efforts to reach their vehicle, stuck in 15 feet of thick mud, have thus far been unsuccessful. Below video: Divers unable reach missing U.S. soldiers' vehicle in Lithuania
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Georgia Franco told 11Alive that she met her husband, Sgt. Edvin Franco, 25, after moving from Easley, South Carolina to Savannah.
That was back in 2022.
Georgia said her husband is originally from Glendale, Calif.
The couple welcomed their first child back in October.
Georgia said she knew something was wrong when he didn't text her good morning.
Hours later, her suspicions were confirmed.
"They knocked on my door at 11 p.m. (Tuesday) and told me their (soldiers') status was unknown," she said. "Since then, we’ve had crisis teams and chaplains with us. The support has been overwhelming."
The search for the soldiers remains ongoing. Efforts to reach their vehicle, stuck in 15 feet of thick mud, have thus far been unsuccessful.
Below video: Divers unable reach missing U.S. soldiers' vehicle in Lithuania
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