Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: August 20, 1840 in New York, New York. He was 22.
Date of birth: 1818
Hometown: Saxony, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Trader
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 14 October 1841
Cause of death: Disease
Location of fatality: Saint John‘s Bluff, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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