Rank: Recruit
Unit: 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: March 30, 1880 in Buffalo, New York. He was 32.
Date of birth: 1848
Hometown: Westphalia, Prussia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Merchant
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 27 September 1880
Age at death: 32
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Location of fatality: Fort Stevenson, Dakota Territory
Place of interment: Custer National Cemetery at Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana
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Note: He stood 5’5″ with grey eyes, dark brown hair, and fair complexion.
Name on enlistment record is Wiegant and name on death record is Weigent.