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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2010

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85th ARMY BAND

 

Constituted 2 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the Band, 85th Infantry Division

Activated 1 September 1943 at Camp Coxcomb, California

Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 85th Infantry Division Band

Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 85th Infantry Division Band

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Activated 26 March 1948 at Peoria, Illinois

Location changed 1 January 1951 to Gurnee, Illinois; on 31 October 1952 to Waukegan, Illinois

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 85th Division Band

Consolidated 31 January 1968 with the Support Company, 85th Division, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the Support Company and Band, 85th Division

Location changed 12 September 1970 to Chicago, Illinois

Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1970 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 85th Support Battalion, an element of the 85th Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1971 as Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment and Band, 85th Support Battalion

Band element withdrawn 16 September 1979 from Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment and Band, 85th Support Battalion, and assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 85th Division

Location changed 15 May 1984 to Arlington Heights, Illinois

Band element withdrawn 16 September 1988 from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 85th Division, and redesignated as the 85th Division Band

Location changed 22 February 1991 to Fort Sheridan, Illinois; on 2 June 1998 to Arlington Heights, Illinois

Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2008 as the 85th Army Band

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Rome-Arno
                                                        North Apennines
                                                        Po Valley

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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