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- Band Section withdrawn 1 July 1927 from the Service Company and redesignated as the Band, 4th Infantry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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