Leonard Meeks Jr.

North Carolina Highway Patrol — Raleigh, NC

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch December 25, 1972

Age 32

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

The Vigil Panel 111 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 68

Incident

Patrolman Leonard Meeks was killed in an automobile accident while responding to an officer needs assistance call in Chatham County. His vehicle skidded off the roadway and struck a tree on PMoncure-Pittsboro Road. Patrolman Meeks was a U.S Marine Corps veteran and had served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for three years. He was survived by his wife and two children. In October 2013 the North Carolina Department of Transportation renamed the Rocky River Bridge on US 64, east of Siler City, in his honor.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Meeks gave the North Carolina Highway Patrol 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department North Carolina Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Raleigh, NC

Platform Identity nchp.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 25, 1972

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Leonard Meeks Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1959â1966) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Leonard Meeks Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen. That is 30.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At North Carolina Highway Patrol, 41 of 69 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.

North Carolina Highway Patrol

of 69 officers

59.4% Accident

NC — Statewide

205

of 664 officers

30.9% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident