Rank: Private
Unit: B Co, 2d Dragoons
Reenlisted: January 2, 1845 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was 33.
Campaign: Mexican American War
Died: 8 September 1847
Age at death: 35
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Molino del Rey, Mexico
Click to open a new window to view general location of Soldier’s fatality.
Note: Private Brown’s death is cited in the book:
Also killed in the action were Privates Jacobin, Jansen, Lane, Lansing, and Ulenbrook. Captain Croghan Ker, Lieutenant A. D. Tree, Lieutenant William. D. Smith, and twenty enlisted men were wounded in this action. Twenty-seven horses killed and fifty-two wounded.