Rank Sergeant Awards Medal of Honor | Role Medal of Honor Name Y. Rowdy | |
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Place of burial Santa Fe National Cemetery,
Santa Fe, New Mexico Battles/wars Apache Wars
Cherry Creek Campaign Died March 29, 1893, New Mexico, United States Unit United States Army Indian Scouts Battles and wars Cherry Creek Campaign, Apache Wars | ||
Service/branch United States Army Allegiance United States of America | ||
Rowdy (c.1862 - March 29, 1893) was a United States Army Indian scout and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the Cherry Creek Campaign in Arizona Territory.
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Military service
Rowdy, a Yavapai, was a Sergeant in Company A of the Indian Scouts. He was involved in an engagement in Arizona on March 7, 1890 and was awarded the Medal of Honor two months later, on May 15, 1890, for his "[b]ravery in [the] action with Apache Indians."
Rowdy was killed three years after earning the medal in a saloon in Miami, Arizona and was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico with full military honors. His grave can be found 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.