Rank: Private
Unit: A Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: December 26, 1871 in New York, New York. He was 21.
Born: 1850
Hometown: New York, New York
Occupation prior to enlistment: Teamster
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 15 May 1872
Age: 21 or 22
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: North Platte River
Place of interment: Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska
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Note: He stood 5’6¼” with blue eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
Originally buried at Fort Steele Historic Site Cemetery in Fort Steele, Wyoming. When Fort Steele was abandoned, he was reinterred at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska.