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Trooper

Brandon Carroll Peterson

North Carolina Highway Patrol — Raleigh, NC

Veteran → Cardiac

End of Watch April 7, 2017

Age 31

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 1 mo

The Vigil Panel 167 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 68

Incident

Trooper Brandon Peterson suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after attempting to stop a vehicle driving the wrong way in the snow on a US-19 in Yancey County.

He followed the vehicle for three miles before he was safely able to stop it. He completed his shift and collapsed shortly after returning home.

Trooper Peterson had served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for nine years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and child.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Peterson gave the North Carolina Highway Patrol 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Peterson.

— 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 April 7, 2017

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 1 mo

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Weapon Not available

Military Service

Brandon Carroll Peterson served in the U.S. Army (2005) before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Brandon Carroll Peterson is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In NC, 33 of 664 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At North Carolina Highway Patrol, 3 of 69 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this agency's fallen.

North Carolina Highway Patrol

of 69 officers

4.3% Cardiac

NC — Statewide

of 664 officers

5% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Cardiac