SPC Leon Reece Penland Jr.
9/22/99
210th MP Company
North Carolina Army National Guard
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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.