On Monday May 28th at 10:00 am, members of the United States Defense Attaché Office, along with representatives of the Silute government, Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, and Lithuanian Armed Forces, will participate in a U.S. Memorial Day ceremony at the Macikai village cemetery in the Silute region.
The guests will be welcomed by a Lithuanian Navy Honor Guard, and then the U.S. and Lithuanian representatives will make brief speeches and lay memorial wreaths.
This annual ceremony will honor three United States Army Air Corps Airmen who were shot down, captured, and held at Stalag Luft 6, a Nazi War Prisoner camp outside of Macikai during World War II.
Staff Sergeant George B. Walker, Staff Sergeant Walter Nies, and Technical Sergeant William F. Teaff died while in captivity and are now buried near the site of the old camp.
The exact location of the three B-17 airplane crewmember’s remains within the cemetery is unknown. A small monument sits in the approximate spot where the three are buried. The cemetery is also the final resting place for Belgian, Polish, Canadian and German military personnel affiliated with the former camp, as well as Lithuanians.
Members of the U.S. Defense Attaché Office will be available after the ceremony to take questions from journalists.
Contact person:
Counselor for Public Affairs
Jonathan Berger
Bergerjm3@state.gov
+370-687-33879
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