Rank: Private
Unit: D Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 21, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 21.
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 27 February 1842
Cause of death: Dropsy (he cuaght while in Florida)
Location of fatality: Fort Jesup, Louisiana
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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