Ivan Protvin
1926–1944 (age 18)
Biography
Ivan Protvin was raised in Žagarė, coming of age as the world around him was consumed by war, and he stood as a loyal member of his town, ever mindful of family and neighbors.
Though his years were few, his memory endures in Žagarė as that of a young soul whose courage and quiet love for homeland remind others of the price of peace.