SPC LEON REECE PENLAND, JR.
210th Military Police Company
February
27, 1978 - September 22, 1999
Killed in the line of duty August 19, 1978 - Brunswick County, North
Carolina
FROM "MILITARY POLICE HOMEPAGE - IN MEMORIAM"
(http://www.militarypolice.com/lod/penland.htm)
This information
was supplied to us by SPC W. Victor Lasher of the 514th MP Company,
also of the NC National Guard
Specialist Leon Reece Penland, Jr., a military policeman from Detachment 2, 210th Military Police Company, died last night, 22 Sept. 1999 at approximately 11:00 p.m. after his HMMWV overturned after hitting a washout while on patrol in Caswell Beach, Brunswick County. Specialist Penland was thrown from his vehicle.
National Guard Military Police have been assisting Brunswick County Law Enforcement by providing security patrols and an uniformed presence.
Accompanying the patrol were three civilian Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), two females and one male. The male is the father of one of the females. The two females were taken to New Hanover Hospital and the male to Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport. The identities of the civilians are not available at the time of this release.
The accident was reported by Sheriff Hewitt of Brunswick County. Sheriff Hewitt is investigating further details of the accident. The primary next of kin for Specialist Penland are his parents, Leon R. Penland and Irene Penland from Hayesville, N.C. The parents were notified of the death of their son last night by Sheriff Woody of Clay County.
Specialist Leon Reece Penland, Jr., a military policeman from Detachment 2, 210th Military Police Company, died last night, 22 Sept. 1999 at approximately 11:00 p.m. after his HMMWV overturned after hitting a washout while on patrol in Caswell Beach, Brunswick County. Specialist Penland was thrown from his vehicle.
National Guard Military Police have been assisting Brunswick County Law Enforcement by providing security patrols and an uniformed presence.
Accompanying the patrol were three civilian Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), two females and one male. The male is the father of one of the females. The two females were taken to New Hanover Hospital and the male to Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport. The identities of the civilians are not available at the time of this release.
The accident was reported by Sheriff Hewitt of Brunswick County. Sheriff Hewitt is investigating further details of the accident. The primary next of kin for Specialist Penland are his parents, Leon R. Penland and Irene Penland from Hayesville, N.C. The parents were notified of the death of their son last night by Sheriff Woody of Clay County.
North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
(http://www.geocities.com/ncleom/Leon_Reece_Penland.html)
Leon 'Reece' Penland
SPC
Army National Guard Police
Age:21
Cause of Death: Vehicle accident
End of Watch: September 23, 1999
Date of Incident: September 23, 1999
SPC Penland, Murphy, NC, was killed in a vehicle accident while assisting flood victims.
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