Marks, Albert or Alfred

Rank: Private

Unit: G Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: August 29, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 31.

Date of birth: 1808

Hometown: Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Occupation prior to enlistment: Cabinet maker

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 16 September 1840

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Fort Heileman, Florida (Middleburg, Florida)

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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida

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