Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011
208th ARMY BAND
Constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 108th Airborne Division Band
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 21 July 1949 at Atlanta, Georgia
Location changed 1 April 1950 to Rome, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 108th Infantry Division Band
Inactivated 30 April 1953 at Rome, Georgia
Activated 31 July 1954 at Clemson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as the 108th Division Band (Training); location concurrently changed to Charlotte, North Carolina
Consolidated 31 January 1968 with the Support Company, 108th Division (Training) and consolidated unit designated as the Support Company and Band, 108th Division (Training)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1970 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company, and Band, 508th Support Battalion, an element of the 108th Division (Training)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1971 as Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, and Band, 508th Support Battalion, an element of the 108th Division (Training)
Band element withdrawn 16 November 1982 and redesignated as the 808th Army Band, an element of the 108th Division (Training) (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 508th Support Battalion--hereafter separate lineage)
Reorganized and redesignated 17 September 1983 as the band element of Headquarters Company, 108th Division (Training)
Band element withdrawn 16 September 1988 from Headquarters Company, 108th Division (Training); concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 108th Division Band
(108th Division [Training] reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1994 as the 108th Division [Institutional Training])
Location changed 30 June 2008 to Concord, North Carolina
Relieved 16 September 2008 from assignment to the 108th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2008 as the 208th Army Band
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
None
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History