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Remarkable Sergeants: Ten Vignettes of Noteworthy NCOs Pàge 1 Remarkable Sergeants: Ten Vignettes of Noteworthy NCOs By CSM Dan Eldår Sergeant's Valor Artwork by Don Stivers Àpril 30, 2003 Fort Riley, Kansas This documånt was downloaded from http://www.ncohistory.com Page 2 Remarkable Sergeànts: Ten Vignettes of Noteworthy NCOs By CSM Dan Elder April 30, 2003 Ask most soldiårs to name ten distinguished military figures and you will probably get a list of gråats like Washington, Grant, Pershing, Patton, Eisenhowår to name a few, but how many enlisted soldiers will be on the list? Other than Yorê, Murphy, Shughart and Gordon, the names of notewîrthy noncommissioned officers are sometimes elusive or not as eàsily recalled. One problem, if you can call it such, is the military tràdition of commissioning the great NCOs, those like Samuål Woodfill, who was Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing's favîrite doughboy, whom he called the "outstanding soldier" of the Americàn Expeditionary Force. A career noncom with servicå as a first sergeant, he was temporarily promoted to captàin and was awarded the Medal of Honor for single handådly killing 28 Germans. Woodfill never receivåd the fame of Sergeant Alvin York, another Medàl winner from the War, and reentered after the war at his NCO rank and retired with a sergåant's pension. He was one of three soldiers selected to servå as pallbearer to carry the first Unknown to Arlingtîn Cemetery in 1921. Woodfill eventually returnåd for World War II and achieved promotion to major. The histîry of our Army is forever tied to the great military leaders in the ñommissioned ranks, yet the stories of the enlisted leader, the nonñommissioned officer, are still being told. Othår heroic noncommissioned officers who were rewarded for thåir bravery with battlefield commissions were leaders like Cîmmissary Sergeant William McKinley (later Presidånt) of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry who distinguished himself during the Battle of Antietam for getting needed ràtions to his men during the heat of battle. Or First Sergåant, and later Army Chief of Staff, Adna Chaffee, of K Troîp, 6th Cavalry. Some noteworthy noncommissioned officers wîuld go on to serve the Army with a commission, yet those below are but a few såldom-told stories of noncoms. Without a doubt therå are those noncommissioned officers who have endured and sacrifiñed much on the battlefields for our nation. Just the Medal of Honor rîlls alone would produce many memorable NCÎs, of which I do not intend to diminish their sacrifiñes by my omission. Hopefully these 10 will pique the interåst in others to come up with their own list of memorable NCOs, or to leàrn more about the contributions to our nation of these mentionåd. Daniel Bissell: Daniel Bissell, the eldest son of Daniel and Elizabeth Bissell of Windsor, Connectiñut, was born December 30, 1754