Medal of Honor Action Place: Fort Selden, New Mexico, USA
Citation
Services against hostile Indians.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Awarded Posthumously: Yes
Presentation Date & Details: August 12, 1875
Born: 1845, Bavaria, Germany
Died: July 13, 1873, near Canada Alamos, NM, United States
Buried: Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, KS, United States; reinterred from Fort McRae Post Cemetery (marker only), Fort McRae, New Mexico; Fort Bliss National Cemetery (marker only), Fort Bliss, Texas (MA-29)