Rank: Private
Unit: H Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: March 19, 1883 in New York, New York. He was 23.
Date of birth: 1860
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 8 June 1885
Age at death: 24 or 25
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: Spokane River, Washington Territory
Place of interment: Fort George Wright Cemetery in Spokane, Washington
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Note: He stood 5’5½” with blue eyes, brown hair, and ruddy complexion.
Died with and is buried next to PVT George Fisher.