Rank: Private
Unit: B Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: August 11, 1899 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He was 18 yrs.
Date of birth: 1881
Hometown: Rooks County, Kansas
Occupation prior to enlistment: Teamster
Campaign: Spanish American War
Died: 1 March 1901
Age at death: 19 or 20
Cause of death: Acute typhlitis and appendicitis
Location of fatality: Matanzas, Cuba
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Place of interment: Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia
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Note: He stood 5’6½” with brown eyes, dark brown hair, and fair complexion.