Title not stated in source
30 June 1945 is the publication date of Change 2, not an established deletion date for SSN 585; the effective deletion date is unstated.
- Appendix I does not state the deleted specialty's title.
- Paragraph 10c distinguishes administrative First Sergeants, who use SSN 502, from tactical First Sergeants, who use the code for their tactical specialty. These are conditional examples, not universal successors to SSN 585.
Source extraction notes
Appendix I deletes SSN 585 but provides no explicit SSN successor code. Printed directive: "(See par. 10c.)" No paragraph reference, ASTP symbol, or generic gun-crewman instruction was inferred into the SSN namespace. The table does not print the deleted specialty title, so the neutral title placeholder is used. The row-level deletion date is unstated. The citation dates Change 2 to 30 June 1945; that publication date is not an effective deletion date.
Source documents (1)
Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 1, 2 and 3.
- TM 12-427, Military Occupational Classification of Enlisted Personnel, 12 July 1944, Change 2, 30 June 1945
1. Appendix I, printed p. 148 / PDF p. 216, deleted SSN 585 · source dated June 30, 1945 · cited by the explanation
PDF page 216 (opens in a new tab)2.TM 12-427, Military Occupational Classification of Enlisted Personnel, 12 July 1944, Change 2, 30 June 1945 · event transcription · docs/legacy-data/army-ssn-1944.jsonl:222; Appendix I, printed p. 148 / PDF p. 216, deleted SSN 585 · cited by the explanation
PDF page 216 (opens in a new tab)3.TM 12-427, Section I paragraph 10 (audited two-column transcription) · Section I, paragraph 10 including 10c; cached text lines 2384-2442 · cited by the explanation
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