Edvardas Adamkavičius | |
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Born | 30 March 1888 Pikeliai, Židikai County |
Died | May 10, 1957 Worcester, Massachusetts | (aged 69)
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Years of service | 1912–1940 |
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Alma mater | Vladimir Military School of
Saint Petersburg (1914) War School of Kaunas (1930) |
Edvardas Adamkavičius (March 31, 1888 – May 10, 1957) was a Lithuanian general.
He was born in Pikeliai, Telšiai County, Lithuania. [1]
He enlisted in the Lithuanian Army in 1918. [1] He was made a lieutenant general on September 6, 1933, a brigadier general in 1936 and a divisional general on February 16, 1937. [1] He retired in 1940. [1]
After the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he fled to Germany. [1] He emigrated to the United States in 1949. [1] He died in Worcester, Massachusetts. [1]
He was the uncle of future President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus. [2]