Rank: Private
Unit: I Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: January 16, 1869 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1847
Hometown: Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Sailor
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 29 November 1871
Age at death: 23 or 24
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Location of fatality: Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory
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Place of interment: Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska
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Note: He stood 5’7” with grey eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
Originally buried at Fort Sanders Cemetery in Laramie, Wyoming.