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Rank and organization:   Private, Company B, 11th New Jersey Infantry.
Place and date:   At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863.

Entered service at:   Newark, N.J.

Birth:   Belgium.

Date of issue:   6 May 1892.

Citation:   Remained in the rifle pits after the others had retreated, firing constantly, and contesting the ground step by step.

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