1st Cavalry Division Band
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 December 2007
1st Cavalry Division Band Lineage
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as the Band, 2d Cavalry
Organized in December 1856 at Camp Verde, Texas
Redesignated 3 August 1861 as the Band, 5th Cavalry
Disbanded in December 1866 at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, D.C.
Reconstituted in 1869 in the Regular Army as the Band, 5th Cavalry, and organized at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, D.C.
(5th Cavalry assigned in December 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division; relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division; assigned 18 December 1922 to the 1st Cavalry Division; Regiment dismounted 28 February 1943 and reorganized 4 December 1943 partly under cavalry and partly under infantry tables of organization and equipment)
Reorganized and redesignated 3 June 1945 as the 1st Cavalry Division Band
Consolidated 1 September 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division Trains, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1968 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command
Band element withdrawn 5 May 1971 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, and consolidated with the 15th Adjutant General Company; consolidated unit designated as the 15th Adjutant General Company
Band element withdrawn 1 September 1985 from the 15th Adjutant General Company and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division Band
1st Cavalry Division Band Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: Bull Run; Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Shenandoah; Appomattox; Virginia 1861; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863; Virginia 1864; Maryland 1863
Indian Wars: Apaches; Little Big Horn; Bannocks; Cheyennes; Utes; Texas 1856; Texas 1860; Oklahoma 1858; Oklahoma 1859; Arizona 1872; Arizona 1874
World War II: New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago(with arrowhead); Leyte(with arrowhead); Luzon
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LOS NEGROS ISLAND
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1991-1992
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAEGWAN-TAEGU
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970