23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 23rd Infantry Regiment


caption= 23rd Infantry coat of arms
dates= 1861-
{redesignated 23rd Regiment in 1866}
country= United States
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battles=American Civil War
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World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Iraq Campaign
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notable_commanders=Jefferson C. Davis
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previous=22nd Infantry Regiment
next=24th Infantry RegimentThe 23rd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. Formed during the American Civil War, the regiment has seen action in American wars up through the Iraq War. It included a a battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve French military personnel sent to the Korean Peninsula as part of the United Nations force fighting in the Korean War.

Lineage

*Constituted May 3, 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
*Organized July 8, 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut
*Redesignated April 30, 1862 as the 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry
*Reorganized and redesignated September 21, 1866 as the 23d Infantry
*Assigned September 22, 1917 to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division)
*Relieved June 20, 1957 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
*Withdrawn January 21, 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Campaign Participation Credit

*American Civil War: Peninsula; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863
*Indian Wars: Little Big Horn; Arizona 1866; Idaho 1868;
*Spanish-American War: Manila
*Philippine-American War: Manila; Malolos; Mindanao; Jolo; Jolo 1903
*World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Ile de France 1918; Lorraine 1918
*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
*Vietnam War: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Decorations

* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BREST, FRANCE
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for WIRTZFELD, BELGIUM
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KRINKELTER WALD, BELGIUM
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ST. VITH
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TWIN TUNNELS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHIPYONG-NI
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HONGCHON
*Valorous Unit Award for SAIGON
*Valorous Unit Award for TAY NINH PROVINCE
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for CHATEAU THIERRY
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for 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 for NAKTONG RIVER LINE
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953

References

* [http://www.history.army.mil/lineage/branches/inf/0023in.htm 23rd Infantry, Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2000]