Marine Corps · SSN history

657 Litter Bearer

The June 1945 manual lists SSN 657 as Litter Bearer in AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), with “None” indicating no Marine Corps specialty. It identifies no successor and does not establish a conversion to SSN 660.

Documented history

Litter Bearer

No effective date is given for this entry. June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not a dated classification change.

  • The absence of a Marine Corps specialty does not establish that the Army occupation was abolished.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Litter Bearer. Suggested conversions/remarks, as printed: None. None means no Marine Corps specialty is identified for this earlier meaning; it does not establish that the Army occupation was abolished. The table gives no row-level calendar effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an inferred individual conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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