Edvardas Adamkavičius Explained

Edvardas Adamkavičius
Birth Date:	30 March 1888
Birth Place:	Pikeliai, Židikai County
Death Place:	Worcester, Massachusetts
Alma Mater:	Vladimir Military School of Saint Petersburg (1914) War School of Kaunas (1930)
Allegiance:	Imperial Russian Army (1912–1918) Separate Lithuanian Battalion (1918) Lithuanian Armed Forces (1918–1940)
Serviceyears:	1912–1940
Rank:	Division General
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (1920)

Edvardas Adamkavičius (March 31, 1888 – May 10, 1957) was a Lithuanian general.

Early life

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

Interwar Lithuanian Army

He enlisted in the Lithuanian Army in 1918. He was made a lieutenant general on September 6, 1933, a brigadier general in 1936 and a divisional general on February 16, 1937. He retired in 1940.

Occupation and emigration

After the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he fled to Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1949. He died in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Family

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

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tamašauskas . Kazimieras . Edvardas Adamkavičius . . 2 November 2021 . lt.
2. Web site: Bartasevičius. Valdas. Vyties Kryžiaus kavalieriai istoriją rašė narsa ir krauju. lrytas.lt. July 20, 2017. March 29, 2014.