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 stood 5’9″ with blue eyes, light brown hair, and fair complexion.
He served three years in the Navy aboard the Iowa during the Spanish American War before enlisting into 2d Cavalry.