81st Chemical Mortar Battalion
United States Army
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Motto: Equal To The Task
Association: 81st Chemical Veterans Assoc
Membership: approximately 150
Reunions
Contact: John Martino
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Memorial: The Battalion had placed a memorial monument to its men at Fort McClellan, Alabama. The Army closed that post on September 15, 1999, and all six (2nd, 3rd, 81st, 83rd, 86th, 91st) chemical mortar battalion monuments were moved to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, along with other Chemical Corps monuments including that of the 1st Gas Regiment. The monuments are now emplaced in a Memorial Park at Leonard Wood near the Chemical Corps Museum there. See photos of all memorial monuments at FLW.
Activated 25 Apr 1942 as 81st Chemical Bn Motorized at Fort D.A. Russell, TX
Redesignated 22 Feb 1945 as 81st Chemical Mortar Bn
Inactivated 7 Nov 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Overseas: Arrived NYPE 21 Oct 1943, England 2 Nov 1943, France-ETO 6 Jun 1944, returned BPE 2 Sep 1945
Campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland
Number of men killed in action: 41
Number of men wounded in action: 157
Number of days in combat:
Number of rounds fired: 212,572
History of the 81st Cml Mortar Bn