Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 June 2015
28th Infantry Division Band
- Constituted 23 September 1878 in the Pennsylvania National Guard as the Band, 13th Infantry Regiment, and organized at Scranton
- Reorganized and redesignated 14 August 1916 as the Band Section, Provisional Headquarters Company, 13th Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 26 September 1916 at Mount Gretna
- Redesignated 5 July 1918 as the Band Section, Headquarters Company, 51st Pioneer Infantry
- Demobilized 8 January 1919 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina
- Reorganized 6 July 1920 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Scranton as the Band Section, Headquarters Company, 13th Infantry; Federally recognized 20 July 1920
- Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the Band Section, Service Company, 109th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Band, 109th Infantry
- Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Scranton
- (28th Division redesignated 17 February 1942 as the 28th Infantry Division)
- Disbanded 17 August 1943 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
- Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Pennsylvania National Guard; concurrently consolidated with the Band, 110th Infantry (see ANNEX 1); Band, 112th Infantry (see ANNEX 2); and the 28th Infantry Division Band (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as the 28th Infantry Division Band
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 December 1946 at Altoona
- Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Altoona
- (28th Infantry Division Band [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 18 June 1953 at Altoona)
- Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 28th Infantry Division Band (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the band portion of Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 28th Infantry Division Support Command
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 March 1964 as the band portion of Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Band, 28th Infantry Division Support Command
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1971 as Detachment 1, 28th Adjutant General Company
- Location changed 1 August 1980 to Hollidaysburg
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1990 as the 28th Infantry Division Band
- ANNEX 1
- Organized and Federally recognized 1 April 1921 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Altoona as the Band Section, Service Company, 110th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Band, 110th Infantry
- Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Altoona
- (28th Division redesignated 17 February 1942 as the 28th Infantry Division)
- Disbanded 13 August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Pennsylvania National Guard
- ANNEX 2
- Organized and Federally recognized 31 January 1938 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Erie as the Band Section, Service Company, 112th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Band, 112th Infantry
- (28th Division redesignated 17 February 1942 as the 28th Infantry Division)
- Disbanded 17 August 1943 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
- Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Pennsylvania National Guard
- ANNEX 3
- Constituted 2 August 1943 in the Pennsylvania National Guard while in Federal service as the Band, 28th Infantry Division
- Organized 17 August 1943 at Camp Pickett, Virginia, with personnel and equipment of the Bands, 109th and 112th Infantry
- Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 28th Infantry Division Band
- Inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- HOME STATION: Hollidaysburg
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History
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