Rank: Private
Unit: E Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: November 2, 1898 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was 21 yrs 11 mos.
Date of birth: 1876
Hometown: Harrison, Indiana
Occupation prior to enlistment: Student
Campaign: Spanish American War
Died: 15 November 1899
Age at death: 22 or 23
Cause of death: Typhoid fever
Location of fatality: Santa Clara, Cuba
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Place of internment: New Amsterdam Cemetery in New Amsterdam, Indiana
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Note: He stood 5’8¼” with blue eyes, dark brown hair, and ruddy complexion.