Rank: Private
Unit: B Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 22, 1839 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Date of birth: 1817
Hometown: Newham (Nauheim), Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Carpenter
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 12 May 1842
Cause of death: Self inflicted – suicide
Location of fatality: Fort Many, Florida
Place of interment: Thompson Cemetery in Sanford, Maine
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Secondary listed place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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