Rank: Private
Unit: A Co, 2d Dragoons
Date of birth: 1821
Hometown: Hanover, Germany
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 18 September 1848
Age at death: 26 or 27
Location of fatality: Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Place of interment: Camp Jefferson Davis Cemetery in Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Note: He stood 5′ 81/2″ with blue eyes, sandy hair, and fair complexion.
Deserted August 14,1847, and apprehended August 30,1847.