Marine Corps · SSN history

052 Chief Clerk

Appendix B identifies SSN 052 as Chief Clerk under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, and suggests SSNs 055, 405, 501, 584 or 585 for conversion. These were alternatives requiring review of each Marine’s qualifications against the job specifications, not an automatic split or fixed replacement.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 055 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 405 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 501 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 584 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 585 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Chief Clerk

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date; no effective date for a change to SSN 052 is given.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank, so it does not establish a continuing or renamed specialty under 052.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Chief Clerk. Suggested conversions/remarks: 055, 405, 501, 584, 585. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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