Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 July 2021
395th Army Band
- Constituted 2 August 1943 in the Organized Reserves as the Band, 95th Division
- Organized 12 August 1943 while in active military service at the Louisiana Maneuver Area
- Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 95th Infantry Division Band
- Inactivated 6 November 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Activated 16 May 1949 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Redesignated 2 March 1959 as the 95th Division Band
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 December 1967 as the band element of the Support Company and Band, 95th Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1970 as Headquarters Company and Band, 95th Support Battalion, an element of the 95th Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as Headquarters Detachment and Band, 95th Support Battalion
- Inactivated 15 October 1978 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Band element withdrawn 16 November 1982 from Headquarters Detachment and Band, 95th Support Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 95th Division; concurrently redesignated as the 895th Army Band and activated at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 September 1983 as the band element of Headquarters Company, 95th Division
- Band element withdrawn 16 September 1988 from Headquarters Company, 95th Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 95th Division Band
- (95th Division reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1994 as 95th Division [Institutional Training])
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2008 as the 395th Army Band; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 95th Division (Institutional Training)
- Location changed 20 January 2011 to Mustang, Oklahoma
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History