OIA PRESS RELEASEAmerican Samoa Loses 12th Son In Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs remembers and honors these valiant dead and their surviving families, who offer up the ultimate in sacrifice in the War on Terror. The seven insular areas under OIA jurisdiction, combined, have thousands of sons and daughters who have served or are currently serving in all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The death of U.S. Army Sergeant Raymond Sasa Sevaaetasi brings the number of deaths in the War on Terror from American Samoa to twelve. |