23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Company "B"
Bookmark this page as http://www.7thArmdDiv.org/23b.htm
Last updated: September 14, 2009 - What's New?
7th Armd Div Patch

This page contains:

  • Units of the Company
  • Company-Level Officers of the Company
  • Link to Thanksgiving 1943 Roster - The roster is one of the documents in the 7th Armored Division Document Repository. Click on the link to go to that web site and then scroll down to the pre-combat period, where you will find the B/23 Thanksgiving 1943 roster.

    Or you can see an active overview of all pages at the 7th Armored Division web site.

    Special thanks to Leroy Dawson of the 60mm Mortar Squad of 3rd Platoon for providing the complete B/23 roster by squad at the time of departure from Fort Benning, Georgia. He was given the list by Sgt. Royce Novinski, the Supply Sergeant, who was from Fennimore, Wisconsin.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: The pages of the Fort Benning roster appear to be out of order, and only some of them are labeled as to which platoon that they were. All entries on this page in black are certain as to their organization. Entries in red are in the correct squads but may be in the wrong platoon. Entries in blue are shown as 3rd Platoon since they are on the same page as Leroy Dawson's name, and he said that he was in the 3rd Platoon, though that page had no platoon identification. In addition, the names were all hand-written, and it is very possible that there are spelling errors in transcribing them below. Click here to view the orignal document in a PDF file.

    The Fort Benning roster includes the following additional facts at the end of the list.

    Ammo carried in

    47,850 Rifle
    80,000 MG 30
    8,800 MG 50
    13,500 45 Cal
    25,740 Carbine
    180 57mm shell
    228 60mm mortar
    180 Launcher Rocket
    520 A.T. Mines
    340 Hand Grenades

    MOS (Military Occupational Specialty)

    1st Sgt 585
    Mess Sgt 826
    Supply Sgt. 821
    Co Clerk 405
    Cook 060
    Cook Help 521
    Driver Truck 345
    Comm Chief 592
    Bugler 803
    Driver H/T 734
    Gunner MG HH 604
    Rifleman 745
    Messenger 675

    MOS (Military Occupational Specialty)

    Mortar Sgt 813
    Armorer 811
    Mech Auto 014
    Basic 521
    Plt Sgt 651
    Sq Leader 653
    Gunner Mortar 607
    Ammo Handler 507
    Cannoneer 531
    Gunner A/T 610
    Carry Rifle R
    Carry Carbine C
    Carry Sub Machine Gun S


    UNITS OF COMPANY "B" OF THE 23rd ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION:
    B/23 consisted of the following platoons and sections. (The roles and numbers in parens are the standard table of organization counts of men. They were usually lower and sometimes higher.)
    NOTE: None of the links in this section have web pages yet. At this time, they are merely stubs with the potential of future web pages. Return to top of B/23 AIB page

    COMPANY-LEVEL OFFICERS OF COMPANY "B" OF THE 23rd ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION:
    The only company-level officers were the Commanding Officer and the Maintenance Officer. The other 4 officers in the company were the 4 platoon leaders.

    Commanding officers

    Executive Officers

    Maintenance/Motor Officers (head of Maintenance Section)

    Return to top of B/23 AIB page

    COMPANY HEADQUARTERS SECTION ENLISTED MEN OF COMPANY "B" OF THE 23rd ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION:
    On the Table of Organization, this section consisted of the Commanding Officer, the Communications Sergeant, the Bugler, 3 Riflemen, 1 Machine Gun man, and a driver. Note that the Commanding Officer is listed with the officers above.

    Communications Sergeant:

    Bugler:

    Radio Men:

    Company HQ Half-track Driver:

    Machine Gunner:

    Messenger:

    Rifleman (3 men):


    MAINTENANCE SECTION ENLISTED MEN OF COMPANY "B" OF THE 23rd ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION:
    On the Table of Organization, this section consisted of the Maintenance Officer, Motor Sergeant, 2 Armorers, 3 Mechanics, and a Jeep Driver, Note that the Maintenance Officer is listed with the officers above.

    Motor Sergeant:

    • T/4 Bullock (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Armorer:

    • T/5 Slawinski (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Armorer T/5:

    • Pfc. Chierichella (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Mechanic (3 men):

    • T/4 Matern (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/4 Komray (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/5 Dahmer (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Jeep Driver:

    • ???

    ADMINISTRATION, SUPPLY, MESS SECTION ENLISTED MEN OF COMPANY "B" OF THE 23rd ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION:
    On the Table of Organization, this section consisted of a Sergeant, a clerk, and a driver.

    Company Sergeant (First Sergeant):

    • 1st Sgt. Mabb (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Mess Sergeant:

    • S/Sgt. Harless (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Supply Sergeant:

    • S/Sgt. Novinski (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Company Clerk:

    • Cpl. Hall (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Cook (5 men):

    • T/4 Clifford (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/4 Coonrad (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/5 Mechum (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/5 Hardy (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/5 Stengel (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Cook Helper:

    • Pfc. Kuver (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Truck Driver (2 men):

    • Pfc. Enlow (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Watson (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Basic (22 men):

    • T/5 McCartney (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Coronado (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/5 Cutts (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Taylor (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Rosos (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Steegmiller (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Hollingsworth (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Haut (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Pellar (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Gilliam (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Marionchek (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Pergrine (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Rasmussen (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Walley (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Strumph (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Edwards (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Cook (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pvt. Ducasse (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/5 Scott (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • T/5 Zimmerman (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Sgt. Curtis (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)
    • Pfc. Kincaid (??? - 22 April 1944 [departure of 7AD from Ft. Benning, GA] - ???)

    Click here for information about contacting me.
    Copyright © 2009 by Wesley Johnston
    All rights reserved

    Back to the 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion Page
    Active overview of all pages at the 7th Armored Division web site