Sergeant First Class (SFC) Andrew Peden was born in 1981 and is from Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He enlisted in the Army in 2006 after earning his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Ball State University. SFC Peden deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Jordan. On his deployment to Afghanistan, while on a routine patrol, he stepped on an IED, causing a below-the-knee amputation. After 20 years of dedicated service to our country, SFC Peden retired from the U.S. Army in 2026.
