Marine Corps · SSN history

334 Welder, Spot

The June 1945 manual’s Appendix B identifies the earlier SSN 334, Welder, Spot, and suggests SSN 302 as a possible replacement. This was not an automatic conversion: each affected individual’s qualifications had to be reviewed against the manual’s job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Welder, Spot

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date; no effective date is given for this suggested change.

  • Welder, Spot appears in the earlier-title columns, including the June 1944 tentative manual column; the June 1945 Present Title column is blank.
  • The entry does not establish that an individual actually changed to SSN 302.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the June 1944 tentative-manual column: Welder, Spot. Suggested conversions/remarks: 302. 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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