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George Robert Banfield

Conemaugh Township Police Department — Johnstown, PA

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End of Watch May 12, 1984

Age 33

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Officer Banfield was killed in an automobile crash while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle on Moonlite Park Road near Davidsville. He swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle and struck a tree. Officer Banfield was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Conemaugh Township Police Department for five years and also served as a part-time officer for the Hooversville Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Officer Banfield gave the Conemaugh Township Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Johnstown community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Conemaugh Township Police Department

Location Johnstown, PA

Platform Identity ctpd.cambria.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 12, 1984

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

George Robert Banfield served in the Army (1970â1973) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer George Robert Banfield 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%.

Conemaugh 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. George Robert Banfield'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 George Robert Banfield Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service