Name:
Litisoni Aetonu
Rank:
Sergeant First Class
Serial Number:
30110159
Unit:
2nd Engineer Regiment, 2nd Division
Date of Death:
1951-04-30
State:
American Samoa
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Court 4
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Korean Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Prisoner of War Medal; Purple Heart Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal
Comments:
Litisoni Aetonu was born on July 5, 1923. He was married to Chul Young Park Aetonu. He served in the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Sergeant First Class during the Korean War.
SFC Aetonu was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Chongchon River near Kunu-ri, North Korea, on November 30, 1950, and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. He also has a cenotaph in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, weremember.abmc.gov