Rank: Private
Unit: M Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: December 14, 1866 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 27.
Date of birth: 1839
Hometown: Galway, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Boot maker
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 6 June 1867
Age at death: 27 or 28
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: Fort Sedgwick, Colorado Territory
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