Names of U.S. Officers Killed during the War with Mexico
Inscribed on Memorial Plaque in Texas State Capitol
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
DEFENSE OF FORT BROWN, May3-9, 1846:
- 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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