Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2010
484th ARMY BAND
Constituted 2 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the Band, 84th Infantry Division
Activated 12 August 1943 at Camp Howze, Texas
Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 84th Infantry Division Band
Inactivated 21 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 19 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 84th Airborne Division Band
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 15 November 1949 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 84th Infantry Division Band
Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1959 as the 84th Division Band
Consolidated 31 January 1968 with the Support Company, 84th Division, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the Support Company and Band, 84th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 11 September 1970 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 84th Support Battalion, an element of the 84th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment and Band, 84th Support Battalion
Band element withdrawn 16 September 1979 from Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment and Band, 84th Support Battalion, and assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 84th Division
Band element withdrawn 16 September 1988 from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 84th Division, and redesignated as the 84th Division Band
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2008 as the 484th Army Band
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History