101st Airborne Division Band
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
101st Airborne Division Band Lineage
Constituted 15 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the Band, 101st Airborne Division Artillery
Activated 15 September 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 101st Airborne Division Band
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 7 November 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as the Security Platoon and Band, Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 101st Airborne Division Support Group
Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as the 101st Airborne Division Band
Consolidated 3 February 1964 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Support Group, 101st Airborne Division, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 101st Airborne Division Support Command
Band element withdrawn 21 September 1973 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 101st Airborne Division Support Command, and consolidated with the 101st Adjutant General Company; consolidated unit designated as the 101st Adjutant General Company
Band element withdrawn 1 October 1986 from the 101st Adjutant General Company and reorganized and redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division Band
101st Airborne Division Band Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970