Roll of Honor - U.S. Casualties of Naval Actions in the War with Mexico

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NAVAL ACTION AT TABASCO
OCTOBER 1846

Killed:
1. Seaman Charles Raimond, U.S.S. Raritan.

Wounded:
1. *Lt. Charles W. Morris, U.S.S. Cumberland; since dead.
2. Seaman John Southerland, U.S.S. Raritan.
3. Seaman George Pearce, U.S.S. Raritan.

Drowned:
1. Ordinary Seaman Richard W. Butler, U.S.S. Raritan.
2. Seaman Benjamin McKenny, U.S.S. Cumberland.

Source: 30th Congress, 2d Session. House Executive Document No. 1: Message from the President of the United States...(Washington, D.C.: Wendell & Van Benthuysen, 1848), p. 1170.


NAVAL ACTION AT TUXPAN, MEXICO
APRIL 18, 1847

Killed:
1. Seaman Lewis Clayton, U.S.S. Ohio.
2. Seaman Antonio Francis, U.S.S. Ohio.
3. Seaman John Griffin, U.S.S. Raritan; murdered by rancheros on 19 April 1847.

Wounded:
1. Commander Tattnall, U.S.S. Spitfire; flesh wound of right wrist.
2. Seaman James McCann, U.S.S. Spitfire; severe wound of right elbow joint.
3. Flag Lt. James L. Parker, U.S.S. Mississippi, aid to Commodore Perry; severe wound of upper part of left breast.
4. Lt. Whittle, U.S. Ohio; flesh wound of right leg.
5. Lt. Hartstein, U.S.S. Hecla; flesh wound of right wrist and thigh.
6. Ordinary Seaman Hiram Townsend, U.S.S. Potomac; severe wound of right thigh.
7. Seaman Andrew Sweeney, U.S.S. Germantown; flesh wound of left shoulder.
8. Henry O. Hart, boy, U.S.S. Germantown; slight wound of right cheek.
9. James McCullen, boy, U.S.S. Mississippi; slight wound of right hand.
10. Commander Mackenzie, U.S.S. Mississippi; wounded in left foot while on duty on 19 April 1847, accidentally.
11. Seaman John Monroe, U.S.S. Mississippi; severe wound in left hand, with loss of thumb, while on duty at guard-house on the night of 21 April 1847.

Source: 30th Congress, 2d Session. House Executive Document No. 1: Message from the President of the United States...(Washington, D.C.: Wendell & Van Benthuysen, 1848), p. 1194.


NAVAL ACTION AT TUXPAN, MEXICO
JUNE 1847

Killed:
1. Unknown seaman.("The body of a seaman, not recognized at the time was found floating down the river a day or two after the capture of the place with marks of injury on the head.")

Wounded:
1. Lt. Wm. May, U.S.S. Mississippi; severe gunshot wound near right elbow.
2. Seaman Patrick Roueke, U.S.S. Mississippi; slight gunshot wound near right scapula.
3. Ordinary Seaman Daniel Foley, U.S.S. Mississippi; slight gunshot wound of left arm.a
4. Passed Midshipman W. H. Hudson, U.S.S. Scorpion; slight wound of hand and abdomen, supposed by grape.
5. Ordinary Seaman Walter Jefferson, U.S.S. Vesuvius; severe gunshot wound of left leg.
6. Ordinary Seaman Charles Stevens, U.S.S. Germantown; slightly.

Missing:
1. Hugh Higgins, marine, U.S.S. Mississippi.
2. John Bell, captain of the main top, U.S.S. Decatur.
3. Seaman Chas. Huntingdon, U.S.S. Decatur.

Source: 30th Congress, 2d Session. House Executive Document No. 1: Message from the President of the United States...(Washington, D.C.: Wendell & Van Benthuysen, 1848), pp. 1214-1215.


NAVAL ACTION AT TUXPAN
JUNE 30, 1847

Killed:
1. Seaman James White, U.S.S. Spitfire.

Wounded:
1. *Ordinary Seaman James Mitchell, U.S.S. Potomac; mortally, since dead.
2. Ordinary Seaman Wm. Treat, U.S.S. Potomac; dangerously.
3. Ordinary Seaman James Hay, U.S.S. Mississippi; severely.
4. [Ordinary Seaman?] Crosby, U.S.S. Etna; severely, from an explosion of gun powder.
5. Ordinary Seaman George Brown, U.S.S. Etna; severely, from an explosion of gun powder.
6. [Ordinary Seaman?] George Johnson, U.S.S. Potomac; slightly, from an explosion of gunpowder.

Source: 30th Congress, 2d Session. House Executive Document No. 1: Message from the President of the United States...(Washington, D.C.: Wendell & Van Benthuysen, 1848), p. 1230.


NAVAL ACTION AT URIAS (MAZATLAN), MEXICO
NOVEMBER 20, 1847

Killed:
1. Seaman Peter Johnson, U.S.S. Independence.

Wounded:
1. Lt. Geo. S. Selden, U.S.S. Cyane; slightly, inner side of left thigh.
2. Lt. H. A. Wise, U.S.S. Independence; slightly, edge of left scapula.
3. Passed Midshipman W. D. Austin, U.S.S. Independence; slightly, ball grazing left hand.
4. Seaman Peter Joseph, U.S.S. Congress; compound fracture of left arm.
5. Seaman Henry Dunham, U.S.S. Cyane; flesh wound of right hip, severe.
6. Seaman Wm. Bohine, U.S.S. Cyane; flesh wound of left hip.
7. Seaman Geo. W. Martin, U.S.S. Cyane; flesh wound of right leg.
8. Seaman Peter Nelson, U.S.S. Cyane; slight wound of foot.
9. Seaman Geo. Clark, U.S.S. Cyane; slight wound of foot.
10. Ordinary Seaman Jos. Bryson, U.S.S. Cyane; flesh wound, right side head and ear, and left shoulder.
11. Ordinary Seaman John Euben, U.S.S. Cyane; wound of scalp.
12. Ordinary Seaman John Ambush, U.S.S. Cyane; flesh wound of neck.
13. Ordinary Seaman Charles Jister, U.S.S. Cyane; slight wound of knee.
14. Ordinary Seaman John Hanson, U.S.S. Congress; flesh wound of thigh, on cheek bone, and graze of scalp.
15. Ordinary Seaman John McClure, U.S.S. Congress; wound of elbow.
16. Ordinary Seaman John Tash, U.S.S. Congres; wound of right foot and left leg.
17. Ordinary Seaman Lewis Willard, U.S.S. Congress; wound through septum nasi.
18. Ordinary Seaman George Watson, U.S.S. Congress; wound of scalp.
19. Landsman Kensey Hall, U.S.S. Cyane; penetrating wound of right leg and ankle joint.
20. Landsman Edward Large, U.S.S. Congress; flesh wound of neck and ear.

Source: 30th Congress, 2d Session. House Executive Document No. 1: Message from the President of the United States...(Washington, D.C.: Wendell & Van Benthuysen, 1848), pp. 1108-1109.