Rank: Private
Unit: E Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: August 14, 1854 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 24.
Hometown: Saxony, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Bookbinder
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 13 October 1855
Cause of death: diarrhea
Location of fatality: Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory (Wyoming)
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