Rank: Sergeant
Unit: I Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: September 19, 1876 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was 22.
Date of birth: May 1854
Hometown: Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 7 May 1881
Age at death: 26 or 27
Cause of death: Killed while at target practice
Location of fatality: Fort Custer, Montana Territory (Custer, Montana)
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Place of interment: Custer National Cemetery at Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana
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Note: He stood 5’6¾” with hazel eyes, brown hair, and light complexion.