Jonas Vabalas

Captain Jonas Vabalas
Born	(1908-10-28)October 28, 1908 Daugėlaičiai, Russian Empire
Died	May 13, 1978(1978-05-13) (aged 69) Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR
Buried	Sudervė Cemetery
Allegiance	Lithuania
Years of service	1930–1940
Rank	Captain
Unit	5th Infantry Regiment
Awards	Lithuanian Independence Medal (1928)
Alma mater	War School of Kaunas

Jonas Vabalas (28 October 1908 – 13 May 1978) was a Lithuanian military officer and sportsperson. An accomplished officer, Vabalas was nineteen times champion in Lithuanian sports competitions, including those of athletics, pentathlon, basketball, football, shooting, and fencing. Vabalas was the winner of a fencing championship organized by Belgian military officers in Brussels in 1937.^[1]