Courtesy photo Katie Lou
Dennis “Patrick” Moore, a US Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, survived a war only to return stateside and be shot while sleeping in his car.
Moore, 46, was living in Des Moines and, like many other veterans, faced challenges that led to homelessness.
In the early morning hours on Friday, June 29, 1992, as Moore lay sleeping in his car behind a house on the city’s north side, someone shot him in the chest.
Police believed the shooting was a robbery attempt.
Courtesy Cedar Rapids Gazette, June 20, 1992
After being shot, Moore went to the house to tell the residents what had happened.
He died later that day at a Des Moines Hospital.
Police said Moore lived in Des Moines but had no permanent address.
Dennis Moore was born March 30, 1946, but other than his service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam, very little is known about his life.
Did you know Dennis “Patrick” Moore? Did you go to school with him? Serve with him? Do you know anything about his family or have pictures of him you can share? (Proper credentials will be given.) Please contact us with any information about his life or death.
Anyone with information about Dennis Moore’s unsolved murder is strongly encouraged to contact the Des Moines Police Department at (515) 237-1554.
I am wondering if this is the same Dennis Moore that I knew @ Kirkwood Com College in Cedar Rapids back in 1970 he lived at a trailer park in Marion . Any info would add some closure to those who knew Dennis .Thank You
no it wasn’t him