Edvardas Adamkavičius

Divisional general Edvardas Adamkavičius
Adamkavičius photographed with uniform of the Lithuanian Army and Order of the Cross of Vytis in the 1920s–1930s
Born	30 March 1888 Pikeliai, Židikai County
Died	May 10, 1957(1957-05-10) (aged 69) Worcester, Massachusetts
Allegiance	Imperial Russian Army (1912–1918) Separate Lithuanian Battalion (1918) Lithuanian Armed Forces (1918–1940)
Years of service	1912–1940
Rank	Division General
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (1920)
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 divisional general.^[1]

Early life

He was born in Pikeliai, Telšiai County, Lithuania.^[1]

Interwar Lithuanian Army

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]

Occupation and emigration

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]

Family

He was the uncle of future President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus.^[2]

Bibliography

Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, Bd. 1, S. 73.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Tamašauskas, Kazimieras. "Edvardas Adamkavičius". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ Bartasevičius, Valdas (March 29, 2014). "Vyties Kryžiaus kavalieriai istoriją rašė narsa ir krauju". lrytas.lt. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

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