Roll of Honor
Esteban Gabriel Peña
His Life
Location: Florida Incident Date: Friday, April 7, 2023
Aviation Enforcement Agent Esteban Peña passed away after contracting Streptococcal Meningitis while attending P-3 flight simulator training in Jacksonville, Florida.
When Agent Peña returned to Corpus Christi, Texas, he started to experience symptoms and took sick leave. On April 14th, he was transported to the local hospital and placed on life support. He succumbed to the infection on April 15, 2023.
Agent Peña had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Air and Marine Operations for almost seven years, assigned to the Naval Air Security Operations Center, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, mother, brother, and four sisters.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Aviation Enforcement Agent Peña gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 6 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Aviation Enforcement Agent Peña.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
His Life Details
Aviation Enforcement Agent Esteban Gabriel Peña is one of 3,038 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,588 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 9.3%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Air and Marine Operations, 2 of 9 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Esteban Gabriel Peña's cause is highlighted.
How Esteban Gabriel Peña Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Esteban Gabriel Peña is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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