Rank: Recruit
Unit: 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: August 28, 1854 in New York, New York. He was 18.
Hometown: Neuchatel, Switzerland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Watch caser
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 11 October 1854
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: Steamer Saint Paul, Missouri River,