Rank: Corporal
Unit: K Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: January 10, 1855 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 28.
Hometown: Woodenburgh, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Butcher
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 5 September 1855
Age at death: 28 yrs
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Blue Water, Nebraska Territory, (Lewellen, Nebraska)
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