Rank: Bugler
Unit: K Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: June 22, 1868 in Fort Sanders, Dakota territory. He was 34.
Hometown: Hamburg, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Bugler
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 6 February 1870
Cause of death: Suicide
Location of fatality: Omaha Barracks, Nebraska
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