Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 March 2017
1st Infantry Division Band
- Constituted 12 October 1943 in the Regular Army as the Band, 1st Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 1st Infantry Division Band
- Activated 9 December 1943 in England
- Consolidated 2 January 1964 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Infantry Division Trains, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 1st Infantry Division Support Command
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1966 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Infantry Division Support Command
- Band element withdrawn 21 April 1972 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Infantry Division Support Command, and consolidated with the 1st Adjutant General Company; consolidated unit designated as the 1st Adjutant General Company
- Band element withdrawn 1 September 1985 from the 1st Adjutant General Company and redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division Band
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- 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
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2006
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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