Rank: Private
Unit: A Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: March 25, 1870 in Omaha Barracks, Nebraska. He was 33.
Date of birth: 1837
Hometown: Kerry County, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Shoemaker
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 18 September 1870
Age at death: 33
Cause of death: Chronic alcoholism
Location of fatality: Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming Territory (Sinclair, Wyoming)
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Place of interment: Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska
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Note: He stood 5’7” with grey eyes, dark hair, and ruddy complexion.