Rank: Private
Unit: L Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: September 16, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 26.
Date of birth: 1850
Hometown: Roscommon, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 29 May 1878
Age at death: 27 or 28
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Fort Keogh, Montana Territory
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Place of interment: Custer National Cemetery at Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana
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Note: Originally buried at Fort Keogh, Montana.