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Lieutenant

Curtis Alvin Brandenburger

Lower Southampton Township Police Department — Feasterville, PA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch April 17, 1962

Age 50

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Lieutenant Curtis Brandenburger was accidentally shot and killed when a 12-gauge shotgun he was preparing to clean fell to the floor and discharged.

Another officer discovered his body in the police station on Bridgetown Pike shortly after 10:30 pm.

Lieutenant Brandenburger was a WWII veteran and had served with the Lower Southampton Township Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, two grandchildren, brother, and sister.

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Last updated: July 23, 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.
Lieutenant Brandenburger gave the Lower Southampton Township Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Feasterville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Lower Southampton Township Police Department

Location Feasterville, PA

Platform Identity lstpd.bucks.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 17, 1962

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Curtis Alvin Brandenburger served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Lieutenant Curtis Alvin Brandenburger is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Lower Southampton Township Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Curtis Alvin Brandenburger's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Curtis Alvin Brandenburger Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service