Rank: Private
Unit: B Co, 2d Dragoons
Reenlisted: October 9, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 29. It was his third enlistment.
Hometown: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 10 October 1840
Cause of death: Diarrhea
Location of fatality: Fort Reid, Florida (Sanford, Florida)
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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