Rank: Private
Unit: H Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 10, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 24.
Date of birth: 1815
Hometown: Kassall, Hessia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Tanner
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 4 January 1841
Cause of death: Chronic diarrhea
Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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