Title not stated in source
30 June 1945 is the publication date of Change 2, which lists the deletion. No effective deletion date is stated, so 1945 alone should not be treated as that date.
- The deletion table does not identify the specialty’s title or duties.
Source extraction notes
Appendix I deletes SSN 654 but provides no explicit SSN successor code. Printed directive: "Specialty obsolete, no substitute." 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 23, 2026 against references 1 and 2.
- 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 654 · 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:249; Appendix I, printed p. 148 / PDF p. 216, deleted SSN 654 · cited by the explanation
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