This is the biggest sacrifice any of us can offer, so with this much respect we come here today, with gratitude for his life and with memory," said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish during the celebrations commemorating the first anniversary of the death of the sergeant. Matthew Sitka. They took place in the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade.
Sergeant. Matthew Sitek died on June 6, 2024. as a consequence of stabbing during service on the Polish-Belarusian border. To celebrate his memory on the first anniversary of his death in the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, the main unit of the Sgt. Sitka, a celebration has been arranged. It was attended by a household of killed soldiers, Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamish, commander and colleagues.
The head of the MON stressed that Sergeant. Gritek gave his lifeA faithful soldier's oath. This victim wasn't in vain. She is in defence of her homeland, in defence of our borders, our culture, our tradition, our Polishness. This is the top sacrifice any 1 of us can offer, so with this much respect we come here today, with gratitude for his life and with memory," said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish.
You're with us anytime.
– He died due to the fact that he was where the soldier should be, between the threat and the safety of his homeland. [...] Matthew, you are with us at any moment, due to the fact that the soldier who surrenders his life for his homeland lives forever in our memory. For us, your death isn't just a loss. It is simply a call to be ready all day to not forget why we wear a uniform," says Colonel Renart Skrzypczak, commander of 1 BPanc.
Deputy Chief of Staff of General Command of Armoured Forces Gen. Artur Kozłowski, who was Sergeant Commander. Sitka, thanked for his service and devotion. I'm arrogant of the sergeant. Matthew Sitka and his colleagues who service in the ranks 1 Armoured Brigade – he said.
The officer's memory was celebrated with a minute of silence, the appeal of the fallen was read, flowers were placed at the stone with a brick memorial plaque. The salute was besides given. Earlier there was a Mass in the garrison church in Wesoła.
In order to celebrate their colleague, 1 BPlac soldiers organized a march in his honor, among others. On Thursday, June 5, the battleships embarked on tour in a full gutter – equipped with helmet, weapons, bulletproof vests. They had to go 21 km in 4 hours and 27 minutes. These are symbolic numbers – the first means the age of a sergeant. Sitka, 4.27 and this is the hr of the attack on him. About 300 soldiers took part in the march.
On Friday, June 6, a memorial of Matthew Sitka’s memory was held outside the authoritative ceremonies. The battleships faced on the football field due to the fact that this athletics was the passion of a dead soldier. On Saturday, June 7th, in the locality of the sergeant – in Nowy Lubiel, Mazowsz – a mass of half-sacrifice concelebrated by Polish Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz.
To attack the sergeant. Matthew Sitka happened on 28 May in Orthodox Dubiches in Podlasie. The soldier was stabbed by a migrant on the Belarusian side of the dam. He was first helped by a Border defender officer. He was then transported to the infirmary in Hajnówka and then to the Military Medical Institute in Warsaw. But the doctors failed to save him. He died on June 6, 2024.
Good fellow, devoted soldier
Colleagues in the unit who together with Matthew Sitk served at the border mentioned him as ambitious, valued, and liked. We had a shock. We couldn't believe what happened. I think each soldier has thought about what he is truly here for and how crucial it is to support the protection of the state border. Matthew suffered the highest sacrifice for it," said 1 of the battleships. After his death, we were profoundly sorry. We all thought it could happen to any of us. And what our families would be going through... After these events, during our service on the “band”, in the border area, we are even more cautious. We are even more focused on protecting people who live there behind our backs," assured a fellow sergeant. Sitka.
In honor of a dead soldier One of Abrams tanks in the 1st Armored Brigade was named after him last year.
