Rank: Private
Unit: A Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: September 21, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1818
Hometown: Warholden, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 5 April 1841
Cause of death: Disease unknown
Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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