Rank: Corporal
Unit: C Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: December 12, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1871
Hometown: Creiswald, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Bartender
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 5 November 1895
Age at death:23 or 24
Cause of death: Remittent malarial fever
Location of fatality: Fort Riley, Kansas
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Place of interment: Fort Riley Post Cemetery, Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas, USA
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