Dale Crist Stone

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch December 28, 1970

Age 24

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

Badge 1697

The Vigil Panel 107 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 46

Incident

Officer Dale Stone was killed in a motorcycle crash while responding to an officer down call transmitted when Police Officer Albert Bluhm was shot and killed. Officer Stone was traveling with lights and sirens through the Seventh Avenue and Roosevelt intersection when another vehicle drove into his path. He was thrown from his motorcycle and landed underneath another vehicle, waiting at the light. Bystanders lifted the car off of him in an attempt to save his life, but he died upon arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital. Officer Stone was a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for two years. He was survived by his wife. Officer Stone's father, Deputy Sheriff Rex Stone, with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed three weeks after this incident.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: August 2, 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.
Police Officer Stone gave the Phoenix Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix 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 Phoenix Police Department

Type Other

Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 28, 1970

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

Age 24

Badge Number 1697

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Dale Crist Stone served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Dale Crist Stone is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 28.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Phoenix Police Department, 14 of 47 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.8% of this agency's fallen.

Phoenix Police Department

of 47 officers

29.8% Accident

AZ — Statewide

of 330 officers

28.8% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident