CURTIS ALVIN BRANDENBURGER

Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 35-W: 31
Department: Lower Southampton Twp., Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: April 17, 1962
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: 7
Description: Lieutenant Brandenburger was accidentally shot in the chest while cleaning a 12 gauge shotgun at department headquarters. The investigation concluded that a shell had been jammed in the magazine and discharged when he placed the gun down. Lieutenant Brandenburger was alone in the station at the time and was working in a room normally used for cleaning weapons. The coroner ruled the death as accidental.
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