{"id":208624,"date":"2025-09-07T21:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T21:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/208624\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T21:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T21:55:14","slug":"missing-canadian-soldier-deployed-to-latvia-has-been-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/208624\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Canadian soldier deployed to Latvia has been found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11393621\/canadian-armed-forces-member-missing-latvia-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">, who had been missing since earlier this week<\/a>, has been found dead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Department of National Defence has identified the soldier as Warrant Officer George Hohl, a vehicle technician with the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, based in Edmonton, Alta.<\/p>\n<p>Hohl, who had served in the Canadian Armed Forces for almost 20 years, was deployed on Operation Reassurance as part of Canada\u2019s contribution to the NATO Multinational Brigade-Latvia, meant to deter Russian aggression in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence\/news\/2025\/09\/canadian-armed-forces-member-located-deceased-in-latvia-on-operation-reassurance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">He was reported missing on Tuesday<\/a> and DND said in a news release that he was found dead on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"The Department of National Defence has identified the soldier who went missing in Latvia, and has now been found dead, as Warrant Officer George Hohl, who was based in Edmonton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/George-Hohl.jpg&amp;w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/George-Hohl.jpg\"   data- data- width=\"500\" height=\"625\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe Department of National Defence has identified the soldier who went missing in Latvia, and has now been found dead, as Warrant Officer George Hohl, who was based in Edmonton.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tSupplied \/ Department of National Defence\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>DND has not released any information about the circumstances surrounding Hohl\u2019s death, but said there is no indication this incident poses an increased threat to our deployed members\u2019 safety and security.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Lativian authorities are continuing to investigate with support from the Canadian Forces Military Police.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkJCarney\/status\/1964503784408961117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">In a post on social media<\/a>,\u00a0Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had the honour of spending time in Latvia last month, with the brigade that Hohl was part of and he was deeply sad to learn about his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of all Canadians, I offer my deepest condolences to Warrant Officer Hohl\u2019s family, friends, and to all those who served with him,\u201d Carney wrote.<\/p>\n<p>General Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence\/news\/2025\/09\/canadian-armed-forces-member-located-deceased-in-latvia-on-operation-reassurance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> also expressed her condolences<\/a>, saying, \u201cHohl will be remembered for his many years of dedicated service and our hearts are with all who knew him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Edmonton-based troops deploy to Latvia for NATO operation'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6P_TROOPS_TO_LATVIA.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:00<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton-based troops deploy to Latvia for NATO 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