Rank: Private
Unit: D Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: November 9, 1835 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 22.
Date of birth: 1813
Hometown: Tipparary, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 20 July 1836
Age at death: 22 yrs
Cause of death: Died of wounds received in action
Location of fatality: Micanopy, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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