Rank: Private
Unit: K Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 17, 1849 in Chicago, Illinois. He was 29.
Hometown: Christiana, Norway
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 3 December 1850
Location of fatality: Albuquerque, New Mexico
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