Rank: Private
Unit: I Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 9, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1818
Hometown: Brien, , Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Saddler
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 16 September 1840
Cause of death: Chronic diarrhea
Location of fatality: Key West, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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