Y. B. Rowdy

Yuma William "Bill" Rowdy
Born	c. 1862 Arizona
Died	(1893-03-29)March 29, 1893 Miami, Arizona
Place of burial	Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Army
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	United States Army Indian scouts
Battles / wars	Apache Wars Cherry Creek Campaign
Awards	Medal of Honor

Yuma William "Bill" 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 the Arizona Territory.

Military service

Rowdy, a Yavapai, was a Sergeant in Company A of the Indian Scouts.^[1] 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 in a brothel in Miami, Arizona, three years after earning the medal^[2] and was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery,^[3] Santa Fe, New Mexico, with full military honors.^[4] 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.^[5]

Citation:

Bravery in action with Apache Indians.

See also

• List of Medal of Honor recipients
• List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
• List of Native American Medal of Honor recipients

References

1. Sweeney, Edwin R. (2012). From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874–1886. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-8061-8651-1.
2. Ayers, Steve (2010). Camp Verde. Arcadia Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7385-7912-2.
3. Thrapp, Dan L. (2012). Al Sieber: Chief of Scouts. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-8061-7007-7.
4. Rickey, Don (28 November 2012). Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay: The Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-8061-8722-8.
5. Melzer, Richard (2007). Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History. Sunstone Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-86534-531-7.

External links

• "Y. B. Rowdy". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
• "Indian War Period Medal of Honor recipients". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. April 19, 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2007-06-26.