Heidle or Heidel, William

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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