Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: September 24, 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 25.
Date of birth: 1842
Hometown: Saxony, Germany
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 21 December 1866
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Peno Creek, Dakota Territory (Wyoming)
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Place of interment: Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana
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Notes: He stood 5’5½” with black eyes, dark hair, and dark complexion.
Soldiers who were killed at the massacre were first buried at the Ft Phil Kearny post cemetery. After the fort closed post burials were moved to the Custer Nat’l Cemetery.