Rank: Private
Unit: I Co, 2d Dragoons
Reenlisted: September 16, 1844 in Fort Washita, Oklahoma. He was 27.
Campaign: Mexican American War
Died: 15 April 1847
Age at death: 29
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Cerro Gordo, whilst riding express from National Bridge to Vera Cruz.
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Note: Private Moran’s death is cited in the book:
Private Barnes and Murkincher were also killed. Major Edwin V. Sumner and one enlisted man were wounded in the same battle.