Rank: Corporal
Unit: L Trp, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: April 13, 1898 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was 23 yrs 11 mos. It was his second enlistment.
Date of birth: 1874
Hometown: Lexington, Virginia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Tinner
Campaign: Spanish American War
Died: 1 September 1898
Age at death: 23 or 24
Cause of death: Gastric ulcer
Location of fatality: New Haven, Connecticut
Place of interment: Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut
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Note: Original enlistment was August 8, 1893 in Lynchburg, Virginia G Trp, 5th Cavalry. He was 19 yrs 2 mos. He was discharged on November 7, 1896 at Fort Brown, Texas and held the rank of private.
He stood 5’9″ with blue eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.