platoon sergeant
noun
: a noncommissioned officer normally with the rank of sergeant first class in the U.S. Army and with the rank of staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps
Note: Platoon sergeant was formally its own rank in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines.
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Austin recalled his first platoon sergeant, Fox Ballard.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Jan. 2025
His company commander mortally wounded, David, from Girard, Ohio, handed his radio to his platoon sergeant and started fighting.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
The voice on the line, his United States Army platoon sergeant, told him to come in right away.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
There Timothy Edwards, the senior platoon sergeant, introduced himself.
—Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Jan. 2025
His company commander mortally wounded, David, from Girard, Ohio, handed his radio to his platoon sergeant and started fighting.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
The voice on the line, his United States Army platoon sergeant, told him to come in right away.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
There Timothy Edwards, the senior platoon sergeant, introduced himself.
—Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
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“Platoon sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platoon%20sergeant. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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