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STEPHEN JOSEPH PEONIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1944 – June 1, 1969
Service recordStephen Joseph Peonio, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 39
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 39
- JAIME PADILLA-JORGECorporal · June 1, 1969
- DARRELL VERNON PECKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- JAMES WALKER POESergeant · June 1, 1969
- JOSE L SANCHEZSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.