Rank: Private
Unit: A Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: December 2, 1846 in New York, New York. He was 26.
Hometown: Westphalia, Prussia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Mexican American War
Died: 26 May 1847
Cause of death: diarrhea
Location of fatality: Vera Cruz, Mexico
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