Rank: Private
Unit: A Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: May 26, 1898 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was 21 yrs 1 mos.
Date of birth: 1877
Hometown: Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Spanish American War
Died: 7 August 1898
Age at death: 21 or 22
Cause of death: Typhoid fever
Location of fatality: Division Hospital in Tampa, Florida
Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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Note: He stood 5’6½” with blue eyes, red hair, and fair complexion.