Rank: Private
Unit: G Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: August 22, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 34.
Date of birth: 1805
Hometown: Basel, Switzerland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Baker
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 19 February 1842
Cause of death: Disease unknown
Location of fatality: Fort Jesup, Louisiana
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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