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Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 April 2013

214th ARMY BAND
(U.S. ARMY GROUND FORCES BAND)

  • Organized 21 July 1845 in the Regular Army in Texas as the Band, 4th Infantry
  • (4th Infantry assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3d Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated in 1921 as the Band Section, Service Company, 4th Infantry
  • Band Section withdrawn 1 July 1927 from the Service Company and redesignated as the Band, 4th Infantry
  • (4th Infantry relieved 15 May 1940 from assignment to the 3d Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 5 January 1944 as the 214th Army band
  • Redesignated 23 May 1944 as the 214th Army Ground Forces Band
  • Redesignated 15 May 1947 as the 214th Army Band
  • Inactivated 21 February 1949 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Activated 16 December 1957 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
  • Inactivated 1 October 1972 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
  • Activated 1 July 1974 at Fort McPherson, Georgia

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • Mexican War
  • Palo Alto
  • Resaca de la Palma
  • Monterey
  • Vera Cruz
  • Cerro Gordo
  • Churubusco
  • Molino del Rey
  • Chapultepec
  • Puebla 1847
  • Tlaxcala 1847
  • Civil War
  • Peninsula
  • Manassas
  • Antietam
  • Fredericksburg
  • War with Spain
  • Santiago
  • Philippine Insurrection
  • Manila
  • Malolos
  • Cavite
  • Luzon 1899
  • World War I
  • Aisne
  • Champagne-Marne
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Champagne 1918
  • World War II
  • Aleutian Islands

DECORATIONS

  • French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHAMPAGNE-MARNE AISNE-MARNE

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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