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Pranas Končius code name ''Adomas'' (born in 1911 in Bargaliai, Kretinga district) was the last anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan killed in action. He was shot by MVD forces on July 6, 1965 (or according to other sources shot himself in order not to be captured on July 13). There still were remaining anti-Soviet partisans, who legalised themselves later or lived illegally for decades to come.
Before World War II, Končius served in the Partizanas P. Končius-Adomas neteko valstybinio apdovanojimo
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1911 births 1965 deaths People from Kretinga District Municipality People from Kovno Governorate Lithuanian partisans Deaths by firearm in Lithuania Guerrillas killed in action Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Vytis Soviet dissidents People shot dead by law enforcement officers Deaths by firearm in the Soviet Union {{Lithuania-mil-bio-stub Holocaust perpetrators in Lithuania
Pranas Končius code name ''Adomas'' (born in 1911 in Bargaliai, Kretinga district) was the last anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan killed in action. He was shot by MVD forces on July 6, 1965 (or according to other sources shot himself in order not to be captured on July 13). There still were remaining anti-Soviet partisans, who legalised themselves later or lived illegally for decades to come.
Before World War II, Končius served in the Lithuanian Army
The Lithuanian Armed Forces () are the military of Lithuania. The Lithuanian Armed Forces consist of the Lithuanian Land Forces, the Lithuanian Naval Force and the Lithuanian Air Force. In wartime, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (wh ...
. He also participated in the anti-Soviet June Uprising in 1941. In 2000 he was posthumously awarded the Cross of Vytis. In September 2015 president of Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
Dalia Grybauskaitė signed a decree which took away the award due to being involved in the Holocaust./ref>
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1911 births 1965 deaths People from Kretinga District Municipality People from Kovno Governorate Lithuanian partisans Deaths by firearm in Lithuania Guerrillas killed in action Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Vytis Soviet dissidents People shot dead by law enforcement officers Deaths by firearm in the Soviet Union {{Lithuania-mil-bio-stub Holocaust perpetrators in Lithuania