Rank: Private
Unit: G Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: May 24, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was 19.
Date of birth: 1847
Hometown: Medina, Wisconsin
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 14 May 1868
Age at death: 20 or 21
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 5’8½” with hazel eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
Originally buried at Fort Sanders Cemetery in Laramie, Wyoming.