Rank: Private
Unit: M Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: December 21, 1898 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was 22 yrs 10 mos.
Date of birth: 1876
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Spanish American War
Died: 30 November 1900
Age at death: 23 or 24
Cause of death: Fracture of skull from fall
Location of fatality: Hamilton Barracks, Placetas, Cuba
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Place of interment: JeffersonBarracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri
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Note: He stood 5’6½” with blue eyes, dark brown hair, and dark complexion.