1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment is an infantry battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment and currently organised as a stryker infantry unit based at Fort Lewis, Washington. Along with being based at at the fort they are co-located with their command group the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Organisation
The current organisation (as a stryker infantry battalion) is currently as follows;


 * 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Company
 * A Company (Stryker)
 * B Company (Stryker)
 * C Company (Stryker)
 * D Company (Fire Support)

Lineage

 * Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
 * Organised 8 July 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut
 * Re-designated 30 April 1862 as Company A, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry
 * Re-organised and re-designated 21 September 1866 as Company A, 23rd Infantry
 * (23rd Infantry assigned 22 September 1917 to the 2nd Division [later re-designated as the 2nd Infantry Division])
 * Re-organised and re-designated 20 June 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry, and remained assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
 * Relieved 16 December 1957 from assignment to the 2nd Infantry Division
 * Re-organised and re-designated 25 January 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry, and assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division
 * Inactivated 16 December 1986 in South Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2nd Infantry Division
 * Assigned 16 April 1995 to the 2nd Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
 * Relieved 27 July 2005 from assignment to the 2nd Infantry Division and assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
 * Re-designated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment

Honors
Campaign Participation Credit


 * Civil Wars: Peninsula, Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Virginia 1862, and Virginia 1863
 * Indian Wars: Little Big Horn, Arizona 1866, and Idaho 1868
 * War with Spain: Manila
 * Philippine Insurrection: Manila, Malolos, Mindanao, Jolo, and Jolo 1903
 * World War I: Aisne, Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Isle de France 1918, and Lorraine 1918
 * World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and 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 War, and Korea Summer 1953
 * War on Terrorism: (Campaigns to be determined)

Decorations


 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BREST, FRANCE
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered WIRTZFELD, BELGIUM
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KRINKELTER WALD, BELGIUM
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TWIN TUNNELS
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHIPYONG-NI
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
 * Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAQUBAH, IRAQ
 * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
 * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
 * Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999-2000
 * Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
 * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHATEAU THIERRY
 * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
 * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
 * French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
 * Belgian Fourragere 1940
 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest
 * Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
 * Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
 * Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
 * Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953