Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 54-W: 29
Department: Louisville, Kentucky, P.D.
End of Watch: 05/14/2013
Cause: Gunfire
Age: 76
Length of Service: 13
On July 16, 1972, Detective Branham and his partner were attempting an arrest when the suspect shot him once in the abdomen. On May 14, 2013, Detective Branham died following surgery to remove an obStruck by a vehiclection caused by the gunshot wound.