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Yuma William "Bill" Rowdy ( 1862March 29, 1893) was a United States Army Indian scout and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the
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—for his actions during the March 1890 Cherry Creek Campaign in the
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Military service

Rowdy, a
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, was a
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in Company A of the Indian Scouts. He was involved in an engagement in
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on March 7, 1890, and was awarded the Medal of Honor two months later, on May 15, 1890, for his " avery in heaction with
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Indians." Rowdy was killed in a brothel in
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, nearly three years after earning the medal and was buried in
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, with full military honors. His grave is in section A, grave 894.


Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, Indian Scouts. Place and date: Arizona, March 7, 1890. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Arizona. Date of issue: May 15, 1890. Citation:
Bravery in action with Apache Indians.


See also

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List of Medal of Honor recipients The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. Recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own ...
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List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars The Indian Wars is the name used by the United States government to describe a series of military conflicts between the United States and Indigenous peoples from 1776 to 1898. Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor was created during the American ...
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List of Native American Medal of Honor recipients This is a list of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans awarded the nation's highest military decoration – the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is bestowed "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowdy, Y. B. 1893 deaths United States Army Indian Scouts Native American people of the Indian Wars United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Native American United States military personnel United States Army soldiers Apache Wars American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor Year of birth missing Yavapai people