Rank: Corporal
Unit: A Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: September 21, 1865 in New York, New York. He was 23.
Date of birth: 1842
Hometown: Kildare, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 4 July 1867
Age at death: 24 or 25
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Coffey’s Ranch near Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory
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Place of interment: Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska
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Note: He stood 5′ 8″ with blue eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
Originally interred at Old Fort Laramie Post Cemetery at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.