Rank: Private
Unit: E Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: June 15, 1883 in New York City, New York. He was 24.
Date of birth: April 1859
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Teamster
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 8 January 1884
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Congestion of the brain
Location of fatality: Fort Keogh, 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 5’4″ with blue eyes, sandy hair, and ruddy complexion.