Glasgow in Barren County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

623rd Field Artillery Battalion

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015

1. 623rd Field Artillery Battalion Marker

Inscription. Reorganized from the 106th A.A. Automatic Weapons Bn. and redesignated as the 623rd F.A. Battalion. Federally recognized January 29, 1947 with headquarters at Glasgow. Re-entered Federal service January 23, 1951 at Glasgow. The only unit of the Kentucky National Guard to actually serve in Korea during the Korean War. Arriving there in December, 1951 and taking part in the following campaigns:

Second Korean Winter • Korea Summer-Fall 1952 • Third Korean Winter • Korea Summer 1953

Awarded the Navy Unit Commendation and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation

(Names of Soldiers)

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean. A significant historical year for this entry is 1947.

Location. 36° 59.733′ N, 85° 54.756′ W. Memorial is in Glasgow, Kentucky, in Barren County. It can be reached from Green Street north of Washington Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is mounted next to a door on the southeast side of the Barren County Courthouse building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 208 Courthouse Square, Glasgow KY 42141, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave Country

and in the Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Barren County's Medal of Honor Winners (here, next to this marker); Our Confederate Dead (a few steps from this marker); Franklin Gorin

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(a few steps from this marker); Barren County Purple Heart Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Prisoners of War (a few steps from this marker); Barren County Revolutionary War Soldiers (within shouting distance of this marker); Headquarters Troop, 123rd Cavalry (within shouting distance of this marker); Barren County World War II Monument (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glasgow.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015

2. 623rd Field Artillery Battalion Marker

Marker is on left side of door

Southeast Side of County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015

3. Southeast Side of County Courthouse

View to northwest from Green Street

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 986 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 3, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.