Marine Corps · SSN history

861 Surgical Technician

The June 1945 manual lists SSN 861, Surgical Technician in AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), as deleted for Marine Corps use. Its notation “None” means no Marine Corps specialty, not conversion to a named successor.

Documented history

Surgical Technician

June 1945 is the manual’s publication month, not an effective deletion date. No effective date for this classification change is given.

  • No June 1945 title or replacement specialty is listed.
  • The entry gives no duty description.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Surgical 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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