Thomas D. Moore
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Patrolman

Thomas D. Moore

Muscatine Police Department — Muscatine, IA
Accident
End of Watch July 12, 1869
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Moore was struck by lightning and killed while walking his beat on Ogilvie Hill at 1930 hours.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

157 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Moore served with the Muscatine Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Muscatine community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location Muscatine, IA
Platform Identity mpd.muscatine.ia.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 12, 1869
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Thomas D. Moore 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 IA, 71 of 226 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Muscatine Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Muscatine Police Department
1
of 4 officers
25% Accident
IA — Statewide
71
of 226 officers
31.4% 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. Thomas D. Moore'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 Thomas D. Moore Compares

Age at End of Watch
31
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas D. Moore is highlighted in Jul.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897