Rank: Private
Unit: E Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: April 1, 1845 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was 31.
Hometown: Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Occupation prior to enlistment: Soldier
Campaign: Mexican American War
Died: 9 May 1846
Age at death: 31
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Resaca De La Palma, Texas,
Place of interment: Palo Alto Battlefield in Brownsville, Texas
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