Rank: Private
Unit: B Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: June 8, 1846 in New York, New York. He was 23.
Date of birth: 1823
Hometown: Baden, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Shoemaker
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 26 October 1848
Age at death: 24 or 25
Location of fatality: Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Location of internment: Camp Jefferson Davis Cemetery in Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Note: He stood 5′ 8″ with grey eyes, brown hair, and sallow complexion.