Rank: Private
Unit: 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: August 21, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 23.
Hometown: Burka, , Saxony
Occupation prior to enlistment: Musician
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 4 September 1839
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: Patapsco River near Fort McHenry, Maryland,