Rank: First Sergeant
Unit: I Trp, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: August 20, 1885 in San Francisco, California. He was 37. It was his third enlistment.
Date of birth: 1876
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 19 November 1887
Age at death: 38 or 39
Cause of death: Overdose of laudanum
Location of fatality: Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory
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Place of interment: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio
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Note: He stood 5’9″ with brown eyes, brown hair, and dark complexion.
Original enlistment was from 1875 to 1880 in Company C, 8th Cavalry,
Second enlistment was from 1880 to 1885 in Company C, 8th Cavalry.