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I just wanted to bring awareness about a Fallen Soldier. There were RP members that feel he was shadowed by a female Fallen Soldier. All Fallen Soldiers a valued equally, since their worth is the same and the price they paid is the same. They paid with their lives, so we can still live in freedom in our great county the United States of America. I am proud to be an American, and thank you SGT Jonathan K, Peney for your ultimate sacrifice. You are a hero.
Sgt. Jonathan Kellylee Peney, a combat medic who died on a rooftop in Afghanistan last year, was remembered today with the Peney Aid Station named in his honor at Fort Benning.
About 300 Rangers, family members and friends gathered at Camp Rogers at the Ranger Training Brigade for the 10 a.m. dedication. Peney, 22, died June 1, 2010, while going to the aid of a wounded Ranger. The aid station will allow future Rangers seeking medical help to learn about the sacrifices of a combat medic like Peney.
“It saddened me to watch a hero leave this earth,” said Capt. Andrew Fisher, a team member of the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield. A physician assistant and Peney’s supervisor, Fisher was one of the first to go to the mortally wounded Peney and the other Ranger who was hurt on the rooftop.
Peney was part of a helicopter assault team that had secured the compound on the night of May 31. Shortly after dawn the next day, the Rangers found themselves under heavy attack from three different directions. The intense fire critically wounded a team leader on the rooftop.
Pinned down by enemy fire, the squad called for medic Peney to treat the wounded soldier.
“He climbed the ladder up to the rooftop and then while he was climbing he was shot and mortally wounded,” Fisher said. “He would make it on top of the roof and that is where he collapsed. I then went up to take care of Jon and the other injured Ranger. We were able to treat them as much as possible.”
Fisher knew the outcome wouldn’t be good for Peney. “It was one of the hardest things to witness, one of your guys mortally wounded. Having to take care of him, I knew that this was not going to turn out well. I still gave him my best effort. It was a very, very hard loss.”
For his actions, Peney was awarded the Silver Star. “Sgt. Peney displayed selfless courage and overwhelming dedication to the members of his Ranger platoon in maneuvering through enemy fire to provide medical treatment for a wounded comrade,” the citation stated. “Without hesitation or regard for his own personal safety, Sgt. Peney climbed to an elevated position to provide medical treatment for a critically wounded Ranger, knowing exposing himself to effective enemy fire.”
The dedication was attended by Peney’s mother Sue L. Peney of LaGrange and wife, Kristin E. Peney of Savannah. Sue said she was at the aid station at 4:30 a.m. wiping off the letters on a building sign that will help remember her son.
“It’s going be a place for me to be able to touch,” she said.
Her only son, the mother said Peney was an awesome young man and proud to be a Ranger.
“He was proud to be a medic,” she said. “He loved what he was doing. He would have done it again.”
Fisher said the aid station is a symbol of who Peney was in his final moments.
“He was that Ranger when he saw a fellow Ranger wounded,” he said. “Jon was a great
American. He will never be forgotten. He will always be missed.”
Sgt. Jonathan Kellylee Peney, a combat medic who died on a rooftop in Afghanistan last year, was remembered today with the Peney Aid Station named in his honor at Fort Benning.
About 300 Rangers, family members and friends gathered at Camp Rogers at the Ranger Training Brigade for the 10 a.m. dedication. Peney, 22, died June 1, 2010, while going to the aid of a wounded Ranger. The aid station will allow future Rangers seeking medical help to learn about the sacrifices of a combat medic like Peney.
“It saddened me to watch a hero leave this earth,” said Capt. Andrew Fisher, a team member of the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield. A physician assistant and Peney’s supervisor, Fisher was one of the first to go to the mortally wounded Peney and the other Ranger who was hurt on the rooftop.
Peney was part of a helicopter assault team that had secured the compound on the night of May 31. Shortly after dawn the next day, the Rangers found themselves under heavy attack from three different directions. The intense fire critically wounded a team leader on the rooftop.
Pinned down by enemy fire, the squad called for medic Peney to treat the wounded soldier.
“He climbed the ladder up to the rooftop and then while he was climbing he was shot and mortally wounded,” Fisher said. “He would make it on top of the roof and that is where he collapsed. I then went up to take care of Jon and the other injured Ranger. We were able to treat them as much as possible.”
Fisher knew the outcome wouldn’t be good for Peney. “It was one of the hardest things to witness, one of your guys mortally wounded. Having to take care of him, I knew that this was not going to turn out well. I still gave him my best effort. It was a very, very hard loss.”
For his actions, Peney was awarded the Silver Star. “Sgt. Peney displayed selfless courage and overwhelming dedication to the members of his Ranger platoon in maneuvering through enemy fire to provide medical treatment for a wounded comrade,” the citation stated. “Without hesitation or regard for his own personal safety, Sgt. Peney climbed to an elevated position to provide medical treatment for a critically wounded Ranger, knowing exposing himself to effective enemy fire.”
The dedication was attended by Peney’s mother Sue L. Peney of LaGrange and wife, Kristin E. Peney of Savannah. Sue said she was at the aid station at 4:30 a.m. wiping off the letters on a building sign that will help remember her son.
“It’s going be a place for me to be able to touch,” she said.
Her only son, the mother said Peney was an awesome young man and proud to be a Ranger.
“He was proud to be a medic,” she said. “He loved what he was doing. He would have done it again.”
Fisher said the aid station is a symbol of who Peney was in his final moments.
“He was that Ranger when he saw a fellow Ranger wounded,” he said. “Jon was a great
American. He will never be forgotten. He will always be missed.”
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