Rank: Private
Unit: E Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: November 26, 1844 in Fort Jesup, Louisiana. He was 24.
Date of birth: 1820
Hometown: Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk
Campaign: Texas Occupation
Died: 13 February 1846
Age at death: 25 or 26
Cause of death: Fell from horse
Location of fatality: Corpus Christi, Texas
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Place of interment: Old Bayview Cemetery in Corpus Christi, Texas
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Note: He stood 5’9½” with clerk; blue eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.