Rank: Private
Unit: A Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: August 2, 1899 in Rochester, New York. He was 22 yrs.
Date of birth: 1877
Hometown: Lansing, Michigan
Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk
Campaign: Spanish American War
Died: 1 October 1899
Age at death: 21 or 22
Cause of death: Typhoid fever
Location of fatality: Matanzas, Cuba
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Place of interment: Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York
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Note: He served three years in the Navy aboard the Iowa during the Spanish American War before enlisting into 2d Cavalry.