Police Officer C. E. Branon
Houston Police Department
Texas
End of Watch: Friday, March 20, 1959
Cause: Vehicular assault

Biographical Info
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: 1160

Officer Branon succumbed to injuries received two months earlier when his police motorcycle was struck by a hit-and-run driver as he attempted to stop a speeding motorist. No suspects were ever apprehended.

Officer Branon had been with the agency for seven years.