Rank: Private
Unit: C Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: 28 January 1902 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was 18 yrs 6 mos.
Date of birth: 1883
Hometown: Canal Dover, Ohio
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Campaign: Philippines
Died: 5 July 1904
Age at death: 20 or 21
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: Marikina, Philippine Islands
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Place of interment: San Francisco National Cemetery in San Francisco, California
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Note: He stood 5’5″ with brown eyes, dark brown hair, and ruddy complexion.