Dale Conway Stiles

Pecos County Sheriff's Dept. — Fort Stockton, TX

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch January 13, 1987

Age 50

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Dale Stiles succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained six months earlier while responding to a domestic dispute at 9 pm. Deputy Stiles was attacked while he was unloading a rifle from the subject's car. The subject took his service revolver during the scuffle and pointed it at his head. He was about to shoot when the subject's wife convinced the subject not to shoot him in the head. Instead, he shot him in the stomach. Deputy Stiles continued to have complications from the gunshot wound and died after undergoing another surgery. Deputy Stiles was a United States Army veteran and served with the Pecos County Sheriff's Department for over nine years. He is survived by a son, two daughters, parents, and a grandchild. He is buried at the Brush Creek Cemetary, Brush Creek, Grant County, Arkansas.

Survivors

He is survived by a son, two daughters, parents, and a grandchild.

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.
Deputy Sheriff Stiles gave the Pecos County Sheriff's Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Stockton 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 Pecos County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Fort Stockton, TX

Platform Identity pcso.pecos.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 1987

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 6 mo

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .357 caliber

Offender Not available

Military Service

Dale Conway Stiles served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Deputy Sheriff Dale Conway Stiles is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Pecos County Sheriff's Dept., 3 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Pecos County Sheriff's Dept.

of 5 officers

60% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious