Rank: Private
Unit: E Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: May 27, 1876 in Fort Fetterman, Wyoming. He was 27.
Date of birth: 1849
Hometown: Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 15 April 1879
Age at death: 30
Cause of death: Killed in action, killed by Indians
Location of fatality: Mizpah Creek, Montana Territory
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Place of interment: Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana
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Note: He stood 5’7½” with grey eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
‘Helena Weekly Herald,’ Helena, MT 17 April 1879, page 5:
Deadwood, April 8. — A party of seven Indians attacked Sergeant Kennedy, late signal observer at Deadwood, and a private soldier named Bader, of the 2d cavalry. The two men were eating lunch at Mizpah, 45 miles from Fort Keogh, their destination, when they were fired upon. Bader was instantly killed and Kennedy badly wounded. The latter crawled into the bush and kept the Indians off with his six-shooter until assistance arrived. Bader was scalped; Kennedy will probably recover.