Rank: Recruit
Unit: 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: August 10, 1847 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 21.
Hometown: Dresden, Saxony
Occupation prior to enlistment: Miner
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 20 April 1848
Location of fatality: Vera Cruz, Mexico
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