Rank: Private
Unit: B Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: May 8, 1897 in Fort Logan, Colorado. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1876
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Occupation prior to enlistment: Engineer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 29 July 1897
Age at death: 20 or 21
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: Lake Monument, Colorado
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Place of interment: Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado
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Note: PVT Jacob Bertram drowned trying to save him.
He stood 5’8½” with blue eyes, reddish brown hair, and fair complexion.