Names of U.S. Officers Killed during the War with Mexico
The names of these officers are listed in battle order and are spelled here as inscribed on the plaque. You may click on the links below to go directly to the casualties for a particular engagement or scroll down.
Defense of Fort Brown | Battle of Palo Alto | Battle of Resaca de la Palma
Monterey | Buena Vista | Siege of Vera Cruz | Cerro Gordo
Battle of Contreras | Churubusco | Molino del Rey | Chapultepec | City of Mexico
New Mexico | California | Minor Actions
Major Jacob Brown, commanding
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BATTLE OF PALO ALTO, May 8, 1846:
Major Ringgold
Capt. John Page
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BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA, May 9, 1846:
Lt. Z.M.P. Inge
Lt. R.E. Cochrane
Lt. T.L. Chadbourne
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MONTEREY, Sept. 21-23, 1846:
Lt. Col. W.H. Watson
Major W.W. Lear
Major L.N. Morris
Major P.N. Barbour
Capt. W.G. Williams
Capt. H. McKavett
Capt. Geo. P. Field
Capt. W.B. Allen
Capt. R. A. Gillespie
Lt. Chas. Hopkins
Lt. R.H. Graham
Lt. D.S. Irwin
Lt. J.S. Woods
Lt. J.C. Terrett
Lt. Lt. R. Hazlitt
Lt. R. Dilworth
Lt. M. Hett
Lt. S.M. Putnam
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BUENA VISTA, Feb. 22-23, 1847:
Col. J.J. Hardin
Col. W.R. McKee
Col. Archibald Yell
Lt. Col. Henry Clay, Jr.
Capt. Geo. Lincoln
Capt. J.W. Zabriskie
Capt. Wm. Woodward
Capt. W.T. Willis
Capt. A.R. Porter
Capt. T.B. Kinder
Capt. W. Walker
Capt. J. Taggart
Lt. B.R. Houghton
Lt. A.B. Rountree
Lt. E.F. Fletcher
Lt. R. Ferguson
Lt. L. Robbins
Lt. T. Kelley
Lt. J.C. Steel
Lt. J. Bartleson
Lt. A. Atherton
Lt. Wm. Price
Lt. Francis McNulty
Lt. R.L. Moore
Lt. D. Campbell
Lt. J.A. Leonhard
Lt. Thos. C. Parr
Lt. E. M. Vaughn
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SIEGE OF VERA CRUZ, March 9-29, 1847:
Major John B. Vinton
Capt. Wm. Alburtis
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CERRO GORDO, April 17-18, 1847:
Capt. S.T. Mason
Lt. G.M. Cowarden
Lt. Thos. Ewell
Lt. Thos. Davis
Lt. F.B. Nelson
Lt. C.C. Gill
Lt. Wm. Yearwood
Lt. Richmond Murphy
Lt. Wiley P. Hale
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BATTLE OF CONTRERAS, Aug. 19-20, 1847:
Capt. Chas. Hanson
Lt. J.F. Johnston
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CHURUBUSCO, Aug. 20, 1847:
Col. Pierce M. Butler
Lt. Col. J.P. Dickinson
Major E.D. Mills
Capt. E.A. Capron
Capt. M.J. Burke
Capt. J.W. Anderson
Capt. August Quarles
Lt. J.F. Irons
Lt. John D. Bacon
Lt. Thos. Easley
Lt. S. Hoffman
Lt. W. H. Goodloe
Lt. David Adams
Lt. W.R. Williams
Lt. E. Chandler
Lt. J.R. Clark
Lt. W.B. Brooks
Lt. John B. Goodman
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MOLINO DEL REY, Sept. 8, 1847:
Col. Jas. S. McIntosh
Lt. Col. Martin Scott
Lt. Col. Wm. M. Graham
Capt. Moses E. Merrill
Capt. E. Kirby Smith
Capt. Wm. Armstrong
Capt. Geo. Ayres
A.Sur. Wm. Rogers
Lt. M.L. Shackleford
Lt. Chas. B. Daniels
Lt. J.G. Burbank
Lt. Chas. F. Morris
Lt. J.F. Farry
Lt. R.F. Ernst
Lt. E.B. Strong
Lt. W.T. Burwell
Lt. R.H.L. Johnston
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CHAPULTEPEC, Sept. 13, 1847:
Col. T.B. Ransom
Lt. Col. C.B. Baxter
Major L. Twiggs
Capt. A. Van O'Linda
Capt. C.H. Pearson
Lt. Levi Gantt
Lt. Jos. P. Smith
Lt. Alex. P. Rodgers
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CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 13-14, 1847:
Capt. Simon H. Drum
Capt. James Caldwell
Lt. Sidney Smith
Lt. Calvin Benjamin
Lt. J.B. Baragne
Lt. J.W. Cantey
Lt. Jas. W. Stein
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NEW MEXICO:
Capt. J.H.K. Burgwin
Capt. Benjamin Salmon
Capt. Israel Hendley
Lt. V. Van Valkenberg
Lt. Geo. O. Hepburn
Lt. John Mansfield
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CALIFORNIA:
Capt. A.R. Johnston
Capt. B.D. Moore
Lt. T.C. Hammond
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MINOR ACTIONS:
Capt. S.E. Thornton
Capt. J.H. Caldwell
Capt. Edwin Guthrie
Capt. Sam'l. Walker
Capt. James Boyd
Capt. Herman Kessler
Capt. Charles Burroughs
Lt. Henderson Ridgley
Lt. Theodoric H. Porter
Lt. Geo. T. Mason
Lt. John A. Richey
Lt. J.W. Winder
Lt. James Tannehill
Lt. David Henderson
Lt. John Kline
Lt. J.M. Hardaway
Lt. Chas D. Miller
Lt. G.D. Twiggs
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DEFENSE OF FORT BROWN, May3-9, 1846: