23rd Chemical Battalion

23rd CBRNE Battalion
Active	1944 - 45 1949 - 59 1988 - present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Chemical
Size	Battalion
Part of	48th Chemical Brigade
Engagements	World War II Korea War War on Terror
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 23rd CBRNE Battalion is a chemical battalion of the United States Army first formed in 1944. The battalion is part of the 48th Chemical Brigade.

Composition

The 23rd CBRNE Battalion is currently composed of:^[1]

• HHC, 23d CBRNE Battalion, Camp Stanley
• 4th CBRN Company, Camp Stanley
• 61st CBRN Company, Camp Stanley
• 62d CBRN Company, Camp Stanley
• 501st CBRNE Company (Technical Escort), Camp Stanley
• 718th Ordnance Company (EOD)

As of 10 Jun, the following companies were reassigned from the 23d CM BN.

• 63d Chemical Company, Fort Campbell - To 2nd CM BN
• 92d Chemical Company, Fort Stewart -To 83d CM BN

Lineage

• Constituted 27 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and activated in England
• Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
• Redesignated 18 January 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
• Activated 1 February 1949 at the Army Chemical Center, Edgewood, Maryland
• Reorganized and redesignated 4 March 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical Battalion
• Inactivated 15 June 1959 in Germany
• Redesignated 16 September 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Battalion, and activated in Korea

Campaign participation credit

• World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
• Korean War
  • UN Defensive
  • UN Offensive
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007-2008
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History document "Lineage and Honors of the 23rd Chemical Battalion".

1. http://www.hood.army.mil/48chem/units.html