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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service Era
- American Indian Wars
- Medals Recorded
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Awards & Decorations
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Biography
He led cavalrymen through the fighting at Cibecue Creek
Alonzo Bowman was born in Washington Township, Maine, on 15 June 1848. By 1881 he was a sergeant in Company D, 6th U.S. Cavalry, serving in Arizona Territory.
On 30 August 1881, Bowman's company was part of Colonel Eugene A. Carr's expedition to arrest the Apache religious leader Nock-ay-det-klinne. Fighting broke out at Cibecue Creek after some of the Apache scouts attached to the expedition turned on the command. Bowman helped lead the cavalry response in the ensuing battle.
Bowman received the Medal of Honor on 4 November 1882. He died at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, on 4 October 1885, aged 37. He is buried in Fort Bayard National Cemetery.
Medal of Honor citation
Conspicuous and extraordinary bravery in attacking mutinous scouts.
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