Rank: Private
Unit: I Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: July 20, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 25.
Date of birth: 1814
Hometown: Hanover, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farrier
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 5 November 1840
Cause of death: Diarrhea
Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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