It seems that the only members of the fellowship we need to make a case for are Legolas and Gimli.
Legolas saves Aragorn's life at Helm's deep 'The foremost fell with Legolas' last arrow buried in his throat...' Gimli saves Eomer's life 'The orcs ran up with their long arms stretched out to sieze him. Suddenly, a small figure leaped out from behind a rock .. 'Baruk Khazad! Khazad Ai-Menu!..' (I'm paraphrasing, so I've probably messed up a word or two) So, no Aragorn, no Eomer without Legolas and Gimli.
It's difficult, though. They do their part, but as Aragorn's tracking and batttle companions, everything they do is subsumed under his leadership. Aside from watching the backs of their friends, Legolas and Gimli, by bonding over Galadriel, Lothlorien, and their orc-killing game, end the feud between dwarves and elves that stretches back to the Eldar days.
Who is to say if killing the bad guy does more to save the world than reaching a true, heartfelt alliance between elves, dwarves, men and hobbits (and ents)? Tolkien's pretty clear at the Battle of Five Armies: if all races get together, darkness will be defeated, if they don't, it will not. A new age of men has begun, and the end of all the old feuds (not counting the poor orcs whom nobody now loves) may mean that the new age has a real chance to be cleaner than the past ones.
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