Fortūnatas Ašoklis, also known by his codenames Pelėda, Vilkas, Jonas, Silkoša (3 May 1907 – 21 September 1946) was a Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan commander in the region of Samogitia, as well as a commander of the newly founded Žemaičiai military district.

After his death, Ašoklis assumed leadership of the legion, and in 1946 it merged with the LLA, being renamed the Žemaičiai military district.

[2][3] Fortūnatas Ašoklis was born on 3 May 1907 in the village of Raudoniai [lt] in the Skuodas district of Lithuania.

[4] In 1944 he joined the Lithuanian Liberty Army and began organizing men for anti-Soviet resistance.

In 1946 the headquarters of the Legion, with the help of Jonas Noreika, prepared a detailed plan for an uprising that would encompass all of Lithuania, which would be implemented in the event of a military conflict between western countries and the USSR.