Army · SSN history

0345 Driver, truck, light

The listed light-truck-driver positions under SSN 0345 were converted to Pioneer, MOS 5729. For soldiers occupying those positions, the conversion applied to their primary or potential primary specialty.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 5729 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Driver, truck, light

The authorized position changes took effect on 7 November 1949; the personnel specialty conversions took effect on 1 February 1950.

  • This establishes conversion of the listed positions, not Army-wide cancellation of SSN 0345.
Source extraction notes

The instrument prints no field-wide rescinded-code list; only its explicit appendix T/O&E position conversions are asserted here. Light-truck-driver positions across the listed organizations and columns convert to pioneer MOS 5729. The 27 position-level source assertion(s) are collapsed into this one canonical predecessor event, preserving first-source successor order. Personnel MOS conversion is effective 1 February 1950; the appendix's T/O&E position amendments took effect 7 November 1949. The predecessor remains in the SSN namespace; successors are numeric MOS codes.

Source documents (2)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 2.

Messenger

Specified messenger, transport, and light-truck-driver positions using SSN 0345 (Messenger) were converted to MOS 4812, 4761, or 4745. The successor code depended on the organization and column in the Army's tables of organization and equipment.

Paragraph 8a made these position conversions effective on 29 April 1949, the date of the regulation.

  • These position-specific changes do not establish an Army-wide cancellation of SSN 0345; it was not included in the regulation's rescission or restricted-use lists.
Source extraction notes

This code is not in paragraph 5's rescission list or paragraph 6's restricted-use list; only the explicit appendix T/O&E position conversions are asserted here. Messenger, transport, and light-truck-driver positions convert by organization/column to 4812, 4761, or 4745 in first-source order. Repeated position-level change-sheet rows are collapsed into this one canonical predecessor event, preserving first-source successor order. The predecessor remains in the SSN namespace; successors are numeric MOS codes.

Source documents (3)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Historical information is drawn from the sources linked above. Classification dates are not personal service dates. Spot an error? Let us know.