Rank: Quartermaster sergeant
Unit: K Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: January 24, 1911 at Augur Barracks, Philippine Islands. He was 40 yrs 10 mos. It was his eighth enlistment.
Date of birth: 1870
Hometown: Saxony, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Baker
Campaign: Philippines
Died: 17 October 1911
Age at death: 40 or 41
Location of fatality: Siet-Lake Higado, Sulu Province, Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
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Place of interment: Moravian Cemetery New Dorp in Staten Island, New York
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Note: Original enlistment was November 20, 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into H Trp, 6th Cavalry. He was 21 yrs 8 mos. He was discharged on February 22, 1895 at Fort Myer, Virginia and held the rank of private.
Second enlistment was May 20, 1895 at Fort Myer, Virginia into H Trp, 6th Cavalry. He was 25 yrs 2 mos. He was discharged on May 19, 1898 at Camp George H. Thomas, Georgia for expiration of service and held the rank of private.
Third enlistment was May 23, 1898, Fort McPherson, Georgia into K Trp, 2d Cavalry. He was 28 yrs 3 mos. He was discharged on January 23, 1899 at Camp A. G. Forse, Alabama and held the rank of private.
Fourth enlistment was January 24, 1899 at Huntsville, Alabama into K Trp, 2d Cavalry. He was 28 yrs 10 mos. He was discharged on January 23, 1902 at Rowell Barracks, Cuba for expiration of service and held the rank of sergeant.
Fifth enlistment was January 24, 1902 at Rowell Barracks, Cuba into K Trp, 2d Cavalry. He was 31 yrs 10 mos. He was discharged on January 23, 1905 at Pasay Garrison, Manila, Philippine Islands for expiration of service and held the rank of sergeant.
Sixth enlistment was January 24, 1905, Manila, Philippine Islands into K Trp, 2d Cavalry. He was 34 yrs 10 mos. He was discharged on January 23, 1908 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa for expiration of service and held the rank of quartermaster sergeant.
Seventh enlistment was January 24, 1908 on Des Moines, Iowa into K Trp, 2d Cavalry. He was 37 yrs 10 mos. He was discharged on January 23, 1911 at Augur Barracks, Philippine Islands for expiration of service and held the rank of quartermaster sergeant.
He was 5’5¾” with blue eyes, light brown hair, and fair complexion.