Rank: Private
Unit: G Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: February 8, 1898 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was 21 yrs 4 mos.
Date of birth: 1874
Hometown: Kentucky
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Campaign: Spanish American War
Died: 3 August 1898
Age at death: 21 or 22
Cause of death: Typhoid fever
Location of fatality: Tampa Bay, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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Note: He stood 5’8¾” with brown eyes, dark brown hair, and dark complexion.