Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 April 2011
287th ARMY BAND
Organized and Federally recognized 16 June 1921 in the Delaware National Guard at Wilmington as the Band Section, Service Battery, 198th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1924 as the Band Section, Service Battery, 198th Coast Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Wilmington
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1944 as the 287th Army Band
Reorganized and redsignated 1 June 1944 as the 287th Army Ground Forces Band
Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 287th Army Band
Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 July 1947 in the Delaware National Guard at Wilmington as the 287th Army Band
HOME STATION: Wilmington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
Streamer without inscription
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History