Michael Allen Brandt served in the U.S. Air Force for 3 years and 11 months. Michael served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Officer Michael Brandt was killed in an automobile crash while chasing a suspected drunk driver on California State Route 74 near Palm Desert. During the pursuit, Officer Brandt's vehicle went over a 15-foot embankment and overturned. The vehicle he was chasing was found 150 feet down the side of a mountain, with the driver and two children being ejected. The driver was originally charged with felony DUI, felony manslaughter, and child endangerment. He pleaded guilty to child endangerment, two counts of drunken driving, and causing injury to others and was given a maximum sentence of six years. Officer Brandt had been with the California Highway Patrol for eight years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Brandt gave the California Highway Patrol 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Brandt.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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