Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 February 2016
204th Army Band
- Constituted 2 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the Band, 104th Infantry Division
- Activated 15 August 1943 at the Oregon Maneuver Area
- Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 104th Infantry Division Band
- Inactivated 6 December 1945 at Camp San Luis Obispo, California
- Allotted 4 November 1946 to the Organized Reserves
- Assigned 22 September 1947 to the 104th Infantry Division
- Activated 20 October 1947 at Portland, Oregon
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1959 as the 104th Division Band, an element of the 104th Division (Training)
- Consolidated 10 January 1968 with the Support Company, 104th Division (Training) and consolidated unit designated as Support Company and Band, 104th Division (Training); concurrently location changed to Vancouver, Washington
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1970 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company, and Band, 104th Support Battalion, an element of the 104th Division (Training)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1971 as Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, and Band, 104th Support Battalion, an element of the 104th Division (Training)
- Band element withdrawn 16 November 1982 and redesignated as the 804th Army Band, an element of the 104th Division (Training) (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 104th Support Battalion--hereafter separate lineage)
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 September 1983 as the band element of Headquarters Company, 104th Division (Training)
- Band element withdrawn 16 September 1988 from Headquarters Company, 104th Division (Training); concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 104th Division Band
- (104th Division [Training] reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1995 as the 104th Division [Institutional Training])
- Relieved 1 October 2008 from assignment to the 104th Division (Institutional Training)
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2008 as the 204th Army Band
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2006
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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