Rank: Private
Unit: 2d Dragoons
Campaign: Mexican American War
Died: 17-19 April 1847
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Cerro Gordo, Mexico
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Note: Private Murkincher’s death is cited in the book:
Private Barnes and Moran were also killed. Major Edwin V. Sumner and one enlisted man were wounded in the same battle.