Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Dragoons
Reenlisted: 3rd enlistment on May 1, 1854 in Fort Chadbourne, Texas. He was 27.
Date of birth: 1827
Hometown: Ireland
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 29 March 1858
Age at death: 30 or 31
Location of fatality: Camp Scott, Utah Territory (Uinta County, Wyoming)
Place of interment: Camp Floyd Cemetery in Fairfield, Utah
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Note: He had hazel eyes, black hair, and dark complexion and stood 5’10¾”.
He also served in Company D, 8th Infantry 1849-54.