
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The body of a soldier from American Samoa who died in Iraq was scheduled to arrive in the U.S. territory on Thursday.
Army Spc. Farao Kevin Letufuga’s body was to be transported from Dover, Del., to Honolulu before the last leg of the journey aboard a Hawaiian Airlines flight, Eni Faleomavaega, American Samoa’s congressional delegate, said Wednesday from Washington.
Faleomavaega said he, Army Sgt. Maj. Iuniasolua Savusa of American Samoa and an Army escort will accompanied the body.
Letufuga, 20, of Pago Pago, was killed Aug. 5 when he fell from a roof while on guard duty in Mosul, Iraq, according to the Department of...