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Gustaitis, Antanas

Date of birth:
March 26th, 1898 (Obeline, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
October 16th, 1941 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Mass Graves Victims Communism New Cemetery Donskoye
Nationality:
Lithuanian (1918-1940, Republic)

Biography

Antanas Gustaitis was the son to Kazimieras Gustaitis en Petronele Gustaitien. He was arrested by Soviet borderguards on March 4th, 1941 when he tried to escape from the Soviet Union and brought to Moscow on March 7th. On June 27th, 1941 he was charged for espionage and convicted to death. He was killed on October 16th, 1941.

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Awarded on:
July 30th, 1934
Rad Bileho lva IV Class
Lietuvos didziojo kunigaikscio Gedimino ordino Karininko kryzius
Nepriklausomybes Medalis (1928)
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Commendatore
Triju Zvaigznu ordinas Lielvirsnieks
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Kungliga Vasaorden Kommendör av 1. klass (KVO1kl)

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