Marine Corps · SSN history

409 Medical Technician

SSN 409, listed as Medical Technician under AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), was deleted for Marine Corps use. The June 1945 manual marks it “None,” meaning no Marine Corps specialty, and names no replacement.

Documented history

Medical Technician

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date; the entry gives no effective date for the deletion.

  • Any replacement classification required an individual review of qualifications against the manual’s job specifications, not an automatic conversion.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Medical Technician. Suggested conversions/remarks: None. 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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