Rank: Private
Unit: G Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: August 16, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 22.
Date of birth: 1817
Hometown: Kylingan, , Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Baker
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 6 December 1840
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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