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Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 February 2016

282d Army Band

  • Organized in 1869 in the Regular Army at Richmond, Virginia, as the Band, 21st Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1914 as the Band Section, Headquarters Company, 21st Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 18 January 1921 as the Band Section, Service Company, 21st Infantry
  • Inactivated 6 October 1921 at Fort George G. Wright, Washington
  • Activated 28 November 1921 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
  • Separated from the Service Company 1 August 1927 and reorganized as the Band, 21st Infantry
  • Redesignated 27 June 1943 as the Band, 123d Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 10 January 1944 as the 282d Army Band
  • Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1944 as the 282d Army Ground Forces Band
  • Redesignated 1 June 1947 as the 282d Army Band
  • Inactivated 20 May 1949 at Seoul, Korea
  • Activated 16 March 1956 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Indian Wars
  • Modocs
  • Nez Perces
  • Bannocks
  • Arizona 1869
  • Arizona 1870
  • War with Spain
  • Santiago
  • Philippine Insurrection
  • Zapote River
  • Luzon 1899
  • Luzon 1901
  • Luzon 1902
  • World War II
  • Central Pacific

Decorations

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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