Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: May 11, 1866 in Detroit, Michigan. He was 28.
Hometown: Guildshire, Scotland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 22 July 1867
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: North Platte River, Nebraska Territory (Wyoming)
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Note: PVT Frank Cimmermann also drown the same day at the same location.