K Troop 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

The Blackhorse In Vietnam 1966 - 1972

hosted by Bob Hersey



K Troop's Honor Roll

Glossary Of Terms

Editor's Note:  The Combat Area Casualties Current File know as the CACCF is the source of combat casualties, particularly those of the Vietnam War.  The CACCF was used to create the data base of all Vietnam Veterans whose names appear on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC.  The CACCF was used to create The Honor Roll here at K Troop, hosted by Bob Hersey.

The CACCF uses terms, abbreviations, letter and numerical codes to indicate certain information contained within.  They are presented here as a means to interpret the CACCF more fully.


LASTNAME: Spelling and conventions are generally as used in the [Southeast Asia] Combat Area Casualties Current File commonly referred to as the CACCF. In general, spaces are used instead of apostrophes, and last name prefixes MC or Mac are usually separated by spaces. A search for any particular name should consider variant spellings. Notice that there are sometimes several individuals with the same name or initials, and one may need to refer to birthdate or other information to establish exact identity There are approximately 38 names of living veterans on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by mistake.

FIRSTNAME: Generally as above. Some names were too long for the original CACCF data fields and were obviously truncated in the original file. A name like Richard Johnon should be amended to be Richard Johnson.

MILITARY SERVICE OR SS NUMBER: These are as presented in the CACCF. Many will be the individual's Social Security Number, used as a service number later in the war. Others will be service numbers as assigned by their particular service. Note that this is the only unique identifier in the list.  It is possible for there to be duplicates of every other data field.

In the CACCF listing, Col. Charles H. Shelton's service number (along with some other personal data) is blacked out with pound signs (#########) since, because of his classification as a POW , he was nominally still alive.

MILITARY SERVICE BRANCH: Listings are for military casualties only. Civilians are not included in the CACCF.

A = ARMY
M = MARINE CORPS
N = NAVY
F = AIR FORCE
C = COAST GUARD

COMPONENT: Each service has several components, i.e. Regular, Reserves, draftees/conscripts, etc.

R = REGULAR
V = RESERVE
G = NATIONAL GUARD
Y = SELECTIVE SERVICE
* = UNKNOWN / NOT REPORTED

RANK: See the section on ranks below. Note that the listed rank may represent a posthumous promotion.

POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION: Of the 58169 names on the list, 7175 received posthumous promotions -- that is, they were given a higher rank after their death. Most posthumous promotions were of one rank and given to junior NCOs (sergeants and corporals) in the Army. I do not have any information on military policy on posthumous promotion during the war. There are about 100 cases where the rank, grade, and/or posthumous promotion data do not make sense (for example, "promotion" to a lower rank!); they are  indicated below.

+ = POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION AS INDICATED

& = NO POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION INDICATED IN CACCF, BUT RANK/GRADE INDICATE THAT ONE MAY HAVE OCCURRED

! = POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION IS INDICATED IN CACCF, BUT NO PROMOTION INDICATED BY RANK/GRADE COMPARISON

? = UNKNOWN BUT OBVIOUS MISTAKE

In the above situations, it is often impossible to tell just which of the fields contains the mistake.

PAY GRADE: Indicated by standard US military abbreviations, E1-E9 for enlisted ranks, W1-W4 for warrant officers, O1-O11 for officers. See military ranks below.

MOS: Military Occupational Specialty. MOS codes will vary between services, and data is missing for many individuals.  For an explanation of enlisted MOS go here.

AGE: Age in years on date of death.

HOME OF RECORD: The city/town and state given are the individual's military "Home of Record". This is not necessarily their birthplace or even place of residence at enlistment; most people would give one of those, but a service member could state any home of record that they wished. One could give a home of record for tax purposes, to be discharged there, or other reasons. I would be surprised if draftees did not sometimes give homes of record as jokes. Use the information carefully for this reason.

For some reason, the CACCF lists states using two-digit number codes rather than the more common US Postal Service codes.  Missing data was coded ZZ, foreign countries are coded X? where ? is the first letter of the country. Canada is therefore code XC, Japan, XJ, etc.

Twenty cases are missing city, state, or both from Home of Record.   US Postal Service codes outside the 50 US States are: PR PUERTO RICO, VQ VIRGIN ISLANDS, GU GUAM, CZ PANAMA CANAL ZONE, SO AMERICAN SAMOA X? OTHER, ZZ UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED.

RELIGION

00   NO PREFERENCE
AD   7TH DAY ADVENTIST
AG   ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
B   BAPTIST - Amer. Bapts. Conven.
BO  BAPTIST - OTHER GROUPS
BR   BRETHREN, DUNKERS
BS   BAPTIST - Southern Bapt. Conven.
BU  BUDDHISM
CC   CHURCH OF CHRIST
CG   CHURCH OF GOD
CN   CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN
CS   CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
DC   DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
EB   EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN
EP   EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN
ER   EVANGELICAL, REFORMED
FR   FRIENDS, QUAKERS
GO   GREEK ORTHODOX
HB   JEWISH
LD   LATTER DAY SAINTS, MORMON
LU   LUTHERAN & MISSOURI SYNOD
MC   MISSION COVENANT
MS   MOSLEM, MUSLIM
MT   METHODIST
NZ   NAZARENE
PB   PRESBYTERIAN
PC   PENTECOSTAL
PN   PROTESTANT - NO PREFERENCE
PO   PROTESTANT - OTHER CHRISTIAN
OR   OTHER RELIGIONS
RC   ROMAN CATHOLIC
RF   REFORMED
RO   RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
SA   SALVATION ARMY
UU   UNITARIAN UNIVERSAL
UC   UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
WT   JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
99   OTHER, NOT REPORTED

DATE OF CASUALTY: Given in format YYYYMMDD. Note that date of casualty can mean the date on which the individual actually died, the date on which they were declared dead, or the date on which they were wounded/injured if they died later.

CASTYPE: Casualty Type. The CACCF categorizes casualties as basically hostile or non-hostile, and further within each type.

A1 = HOSTILE, DIED
A2 = HOSTILE, DIED OF WOUNDS
A3 = HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING
A4 = HOSTILE, DIED WHILE CAPTURED
B5 = HOSTILE-MISSING, RETURNED
B6 = HOSTILE, NOW MISSING
B7 = HOSTILE-CAPTURED, RETURNED
B8 = HOSTILE, NOW CAPTURED
C1 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED OF OTHER CAUSES
C2 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED OF ILLNESS/INJURY
C3 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING
D5 = NON-HOSTILE MISSING, RETURNED
D6 = NON-HOSTILE, NOW MISSING

Note that these codes were developed for use while the Vietnam conflict was in progress; not all of these will appear in the CACCF. Note also that no one is now listed as B6 MIA, and only one person is listed B8 POW and even he has since been removed from that category.

REASON: Casualties are further categorized by specific cause, as given by the codes below. Note that "misadventure" generally means "friendly fire".

A = AIR LOSS, CRASH - SEA
B = AIR LOSS, CRASH - LAND
C = VEHICLE LOSS, CRASH
D = GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
E = ARTILLERY, ROCKET, MORTAR
F = BOMB EXPLOSION
G = OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
H = MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
I = MISADVENTURE
J = DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
K = BURNS
L = ILLNESS, DISEASE
L = ILLNESS, DISEASE
M = MALARIA N =HEPATITIS
O = HEART ATTACK
P = STROKE
Q = SUICIDE
R = ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
S = INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
T = ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE
U = OTHER ACCIDENT
V = OTHER CAUSES
Z = UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED

AIR, LAND, OR SEA CASUALTY: Similar to Reason above, this code categorizes casualties as land, sea, or air, with general type of aircraft and crew status for air casualties.

1 = FIXED WING - PILOT
2 = FIXED WING - CREW
3 = FIXED WING - NONCREW
4 = HELICOPTER - PILOT
5 = HELICOPTER - CREW
6 = HELICOPTER - NONCREW
7 = GROUND CASUALTY
8 = SEA CASUALTY

BODY RECOVERED OR NOT: Body of casualty recovered or not. The entire POW/MIA issue actually revolves around this simple data point.

--- = BODY RECOVERED
BNR = BODY NOT RECOVERED
POW = PRISONER OF WAR (1 entry only)

Note that remains of service members listed as BNR continue to be discovered and identified. The listing in CACF1193.TXT is sure to be at least slightly out of date.

COUNTRY: Country in which casualty occurred.

CB = CAMBODIA
CH = COMMUNIST CHINA
LA = LAOS
TH = THAILAND
VN = NORTH VIETNAM
VS = SOUTH VIETNAM

PROVINCE: This list was obtained from The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and does not appear to be complete (items marked "UNKNOWN CODE" are on the list supplied by NARA, but have a blank where the meaning of the code should be)

01 QUANG TRI
02 THUA THIEN
03 QUANG NAM
04 QUANG TIN
05 QUANG NGAI
06 KONTUM
07 BINH DINH
08 PLEIKU
09 PHU YEN
10 DARLAC
11 KHANH HOA
12 TUYEN DUC
13 QUANG DUC
14 PHUOC LONG
15 LAM DONG
16 NINH THUAN
17 BINH THUAN
18 BINH THUY
19 LONG KHANH
20 UNKNOWN CODE
21 BINH LONG
22 TAY NINH
23 BINH DUONG
24 GIA DINH
25 BIEN HOA

 

26 PHUOC TUY
27 LONG AN
28 KIEN TUONG
29 KIEN PHONG
30 DINH TUONG
31 AN GIANG
32 VINH LONG
33 KIEN HOA34 VINH BINH
35 PHONG DINH
36 KIEN GIANG
37 CHUONG THIEN
38 BA XUGEN
39 AN XUGEN
40 CON SON ISLAND
41 PHU BON
42 HUA NGHIA
43 GO CONG
44 BAC LIEU
45 CHUA DOC
46 SA DEC
47 UNKNOWN CODE
48 UNKNOWN CODE
49 PHU QUOC ISLAND
50 DMZ

 

 

81 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1
82 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 2
83 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 3
84 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 4
89 OFFSHORE, PROVINCE & MILITARY REGION UNKNOWN
91 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 1
92 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 2
93 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 3
94 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 4
99 PROVINCE AND MILITARY REGION UNKNOWN
CB UNKNOWN CODE
LA UNKNOWN CODE
NY UNKNOWN CODE
NZ UNKNOWN CODE
** UNKNOWN CODE

 

 

LENGTH OF SERVICE: Length of military service at time of casualty. Some records in the original CACCF contained "*", which presumably means Unknown or Not Reported as elsewhere. Other fields were blank, and are coded "--" for missing data. The entry "00" presumably means less than one year.

DATE OF BIRTH: Given in format YYYYMMDD. This information is not available for 18 individuals, and the fields have been left blank in those cases.

RACE: These codes are as provided by NARA.

C = CAUCASIAN
I = AMERICAN INDIAN
L = MALAYAN
M = MONGOLIAN
N = NEGRO (now African American)
Z = UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED

MARITAL STATUS: self-explanatory.

M = Married S = Single

GENDER: self-explanatory. There are eight female casualties listed.

M = Male F = Female

CITIZENSHIP: Self-explanatory. There is apparently only one non-US citizen on the list, though there are a few cases of missing data.

TOURDATE: This date seems to have several meanings, depending on the type of casualty. In most cases, it is the date on which the individual's Southeast Asia tour began. For some coded BNR, it is the date they were reported missing. For a few others, its meaning is not quite clear.

PANEL/LINE LOCATION ON MEMORIAL: These give the position of the name on the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial. As described in the Directory of Names, the Wall is divided into Eastern and Western sections, each section having about 70 numbered panels (01E to 70E and 01W to 70W. Each panel has from one to about 130 lines, depending on its height.

It appears that some individuals whose names were added after the initial dedication of the Memorial have had to be placed slightly out of sequence for their actual date of casualty.

COMMENTS: These are comments entered by the DoD personnel who maintain the CACCF.

REFERENCE NUMBER: This number appears to be for some use internal to the casualty list itself. In the CACCF this number is in a series with the Service, Country, and Casualty Type codes, for example:

AVSA1 1 is reference number 00001 for an Army casualty in South Vietnam who was killed by hostile action. There would also be an ACBA1 1 (for Army, Cambodia, hostile action), an FVSA1 1 (for Air Force, South Vietnam, hostile action) and so on. A number of casualties, mostly recent additions to the CACCF, have no reference number listed.

PROCESSING DATE: The month and year (given as YYMM) during which the most recent change to the casualty record (correction of data or addition of a name) took place.

MILITARY RANKS

All members of the US Armed forces have a "pay grade" that runs from E1-E9 for enlisted personnel, W1-W4 for warrant officers, and O1-O11 for commissioned officers. These grades are considered equivalent between the services and receive the same pay. Ranks, however, can vary a good deal between services, and Navy ranks have little in common with those of any other service. There are several technical distinctions between the terms rank and grade; for present purposes it seems most useful to consider grade as one's position in the military hierarchy and rank is one's military title.

Coast Guard ranks are not included below, but for all practical purposes they are the same as Navy ranks.

The table below gives a brief synopsis of US military ranks. The abbreviations are explained further below.

GRADE   ARMY   NAVY   AIR FORCE   MARINE CORPS

E1 . .     PV1 PVT. . . . .SR . . . . . . . .AB . . . . . . PVT
E2 . .     PV2 PVT. . . . .SA . . . . .AMN A3C . . . PFC
E3 . .     PFC . . . . . . .SN . . . . . . . .A1C A2C . . . LCPL
E4 . .     CPL SP4. . . . .PO3. . . . . .SGT A1C . . . CPL
E5 . .     SGT SP5. . . . .PO2. . . . . . .SSGT . . . . . SGT
E6 . .     SSG SP6. . . . .PO1. . . . . . .TSGT . . . . . SSGT
E7 . .    PSG SFC SP7 . .CPO. . . . . MSGT . . . . .GYSGT
E8 . .     1SG MSG. . . . .SCPO . . . .SMSGT. . . . FSGT MSGT
E9 . .     CSM SGM. . . ..MCPO . ..CMSGT. . . .  SMAJ MGYS

W1 . .     WO1 . . . . . . .WO-1 . . . . . . .WO . . . . . . WO
W2 . .     CW2 . . . . . . .CWO-2. . . . . . .CWO-2. . . . . CWO2
W3 . .     CW3 . . . . . . .CWO-3. . . . . . .CWO-3. . . . . CWO3
W4 . .     CW4 . . . . . . .CWO-4. . . . . . .CWO-4. . . . . CWO4

O1 . .     2LT . . . . . . .ENS. . . . . . . .2LT. . . . . . 2LT
O2 . .     1LT . . . . . . .LTJG . . . . . . .1LT. . . . . . 1LT
O3 . .     CPT . . . . . . .LT . . . . . . . .CPT. . . . . . CPT
O4 . .     MAJ . . . . . . .LCDR . . . . . . .MAJ. . . . . . MAJ
O5 . .     LTC . . . . . . .CDR. . . . . . . .LTC. . . . . . LTC
O6 . .     COL . . . . . . .CAPT . . . . . . .COL. . . . . . COL
O7 . .     BG. . . . .COMO RADM (L) . .BGEN . . . . . BGEN
O8 . .     MG. . . . RADM RADM (U) . .  MAJ GEN. . . . MAJGEN
O9 . .     LTG . . . . . . .VADM . . . . . . .LT GEN . . . . LTGEN
O10. .    GEN . . . . . . .ADM. . . . . . . .GEN. . . . . . GEN
011. .     GA. . . . . . . .FADM . . . . . . .GEN AF

The abbreviations above are the ones currently used by each service; Vietnam-era abbreviations and rank structures may have differed in some cases.  The same abbreviation is used across all services where that abbreviation represented the same grade and rank. For example, SSG indicates Staff Sergeant in both the Army and Marine Corps, since both are grade E6, SSGT is used for Staff Sergeant in the Air Force, however, since that rank is a grade E5. CPT for Captain (O3) in the Army, Air Force, and Marines, and CAPT for Captain (O6) in the Navy is another example.

Warrant officer ranks are the same for all services, and Chief Warrant Officer is the appropriate rank title for grades W-2 through W-4.

Each service's ranks are outlined in more detail below.

ARMY: The Army sometimes has several ranks for the same enlisted grade. Specialist Four, for example, has the same grade as a corporal, but less command authority. Sergeant First Class (E7) is more of an administrative rank, usually found in support units, than is Platoon Sergeant (E7), more common in combat units. Specialist grades SP4 through SP7 were in use during the Vietnam period, but have been phased out except for SP4. The ranks of Specialist Eight and Nine (SP8 and SP9) existed on paper, but were never actually awarded to anyone. The division of Sergeants Major into command and staff ranks was introduced sometime in 1968, and all are listed in the CACCF simply as Sergeant Major.

E1. . . PV1 PVT. . . . . .Private
E2. . . PV2 PVT. . . . . .Private
E3. . . PFC . . . . . . . .Private First Class
E4. . . CPL SP4. . . . . .Corporal / Specialist Four
E5. . . SGT SP5. . . . . .Sergeant / Specialist Five
E6. . . SSG SP6. . . . . .Staff Sergeant / Specialist Six
E7. . . PSG SFC SP7 . . .Platoon Sergeant / Sergeant First Class
/ Specialist Seven
E8. . . 1SG MSG. . . . . .First Sergeant / Master Sergeant
E9. . . SMAJ. . . . . . . .Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major

W1. . . WO. . . . . . . . .Warrant Officer
W2. . . CWO . . . . . . . .Chief Warrant Officer
W3. . . CWO . . . . . . . .Chief Warrant Officer
W4. . . CWO . . . . . . . .Chief Warrant Officer

O1. . . 2LT . . . . . . . .Second Lieutenant
O2. . . 1LT . . . . . . . .First Lieutenant
O3. . . CPT . . . . . . . .Captain
O4. . . MAJ . . . . . . . .Major
O5. . . LTC . . . . . . . .Lieutenant Colonel
O6. . . COL . . . . . . . .Colonel
O7. . . BGEN. . . . . . . .Brigadier General
O8. . . MGEN. . . . . . . .Major General
O9. . . LTG . . . . . . . .Lieutenant General
O10 . . GEN . . . . . . . .General
011 . . GA. . . . . . . . .General of the Army

MARINE CORP officer and warrant officer ranks are the same as Army ranks; enlisted ranks are given below. Staff/line distinctions exist only for E8 and E9. Gunnery Sergeants (E7s) are usually addressed as "Gunny" except by junior enlisted men or in very formal situations.

E1. . . PVT . . . . . . . .Private
E2. . . PFC . . . . . . . .Private First Class
E3. . . LCPL. . . . . . . .Lance Corporal
E4. . . CPL . . . . . . . .Corporal
E5. . . SGT . . . . . . . .Sergeant
E6. . . SSG . . . . . . . .Staff Sergeant
E7. . . GSGT. . . . . . . .Gunnery Sergeant
E8. . . 1SG MSG . . . . .First Sergeant / Master Sergeant
E9. . . SMAJ MGYS. . . . .Sergeant Major / Master Gunnery Sergeant

AIR FORCE: Officer and warrant officer ranks are the same as in the Army and Marine Corps. Enlisted ranks are given below. The junior enisled rank structure changed sometime in 1967, and Airman First Class could refer to either E4 or E3 at different periods. There is currently also the rank of "Senior Airman", a non-command E4, that was not in use during the Vietnam era.

E1. . . AB. . . . . . . . .Airman Basic
E2. . . AMN A3C. . . . . .Airman / Airman Third Class
E3. . . A1C A2C. . . . . .Airman First Class / Airman Second Class
E4. . . SGT A1C. . . . . .Sergeant / Airman First Class
E5. . . SSGT. . . . . . . .Staff Sergeant
E6. . . TSGT. . . . . . . .Technical Sergeant
E7. . . MSGT. . . . . . . .Master Sergeant
E8. . . SMS . . . . . . . .Senior Master Sergeant
E9. . . CMS . . . . . . . .Chief Master Sergeant

NAVY: Except for warrant officers, which are the same as in other services, Navy ranks are unique, and naval enlisted ranks (ratings) can be rather complicated. Note that the officer ranks of Captain and Lieutenant are not equivalent to these titles in the other services. As noted above, Coast Guard ranks are the same as Navy ranks for all practical purposes. The Naval rank of Commodore is very rarely used at present.

E1. . . SR. . . . . . . . .Seaman Recruit
E2. . . SA. . . . . . . . .Seaman Apprentice
E3. . . SN. . . . . . . . .Seaman
E4. . . PO3 . . . . . . . .Petty Officer Third Class
E5. . . PO2 . . . . . . . .Petty Officer Second Class
E6. . . PO1 . . . . . . . .Petty Officer First Class
E7. . . CPO . . . . . . . .Chief Petty Officer
E8. . . SCPO. . . . . . . .Senior Chief Petty Officer
E9. . . MCPO. . . . . . . .Master Chief Petty Officer

O1. . . ENS . . . . . . . .Ensign
O2. . . LTJG . . . . . . .Lieutenant junior grade
O3. . . LT. . . . . . . . .Lieutenant
O4. . . LCDR. . . . . . . .Lieutenant Commander
O5. . . CDR . . . . . . . .Commander
O6. . . CAPT. . . . . . . .Captain
O7. . . COMO RADM (L). . .Commodore / Real Admiral (Lower)
O8. . . RADM RADM (U). . .Rear Admiral (Upper)
O9. . . VADM. . . . . . . .Vice Admiral
O10 . . ADM . . . . . . . .Admiral
011 . . FADM. . . . . . . .Fleet Admiral

The term petty officer (and in some cases, seaman) is a general title, and not necessarily used by any particular sailor. In practice, enlisted sailors have specific titles based on their occupational specialty (rate) and pay grade as outlined below.

Grade E3s use one of the titles immediately below (Seaman, Airman, etc.); E2s use the same titles with "Apprentice" (e.g., SA = Seaman Apprentice, HA = Hospital Corpsman Apprentice), and E1s use "Recruit" (e.g., SR = Seaman Recruit, CR = Constructionman Recruit).

AN. . . . . . . . .Airman
CN. . . . . . . . .Constructionman
FN. . . . . . . . .Fireman
HN. . . . . . . . .Hospital Corpsman
SN. . . . . . . . .Seaman
TN. . . . . . . . .Stewardsman

Petty officers (E4-E9) have specific titles based on an abbreviation denoting occupational specialty followed by 1, 2, 3, C, SC, or MC to denote grade. Only those encountered in the CACCF are listed below; it is not necessarily a full list, nor are all necessarily in current use. GMH ,may be a mistake, since it is not found in any standard reference.

The third letter of three-letter codes is usually used only for administrative purposes and would not as a form of address. Therefore, both ABH3 and ABF3 would be "Aviation Boatswain's Mate Third Class"; ABCM would be "Master Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate, etc. "Boatswain's Mate" is always pronounced _Bosun's_ Mate.

AB . . . . . . . . Aviation Boatswain's Mate
ABF . . . . . " " F (Fuels)
ABH . . . . . " " H (Handling)
AC . . . . . . . . Air Controlman
AD . . . . . . . . Aviation Machinist's Mate
ADJ . . . . . " " J (Jet Engine Mechanic)
ADR . . . . . " " R (Reciprocating Engine Mechanic)
AE . . . . . . . . Aviation Electrician's Mate
AM . . . . . . . . Aviation Structural Mechanic
AME . . . . . " " E (Safety Equipment)
AMH . . . . . " " H (Hydraulics)
AMS . . . . . " " S (Structures)
AO . . . . . . . . Aviation Ordnanceman
AQ . . . . . . . . Aviation Fire Control Technician
AQB . . . . . " " B (Bomb Director)
AQF . . . . . " " F (Fire Control)
AS . . . . . . . . Aviation Support Equipment Technician
ASE . . . . . " " E (Electrical)
AT . . . . . . . . Aviation Electronics Technician
ATN . . . . . " " N (Radio and Radio Navigation Equipment)
ATR . . . . . " " R (Radar and Radar Navigation Equipment)
AX . . . . . . . . Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Technician
AZ . . . . . . . . Aviation Maintenance Administrationman
BM . . . . . . . . Boatswain's Mate
BT . . . . . . . . Boilerman Technician
BU . . . . . . . . Builder
BUH . . . . . " " H (Heavy)
BUL . . . . . " " L (Light)
BUR . . . . . " " R (Concrete)
CE . . . . . . . . Construction Electrician
CEP . . . . . " " P (Power)
CET . . . . . " " T (Telephone)
CEW . . . . . " " W (Wiring)
CM . . . . . . . . Construction Mechanic
CMA . . . . . " " A (Automotive)
CMH . . . . . " " H (Construction)
CS . . . . . . . . Commissaryman
CT . . . . . . . . Communications Technician
CYN. . . . . . . . Communications Yeoman
DC . . . . . . . . Damage Controlman
DK . . . . . . . . Disbursing Clerk
DS . . . . . . . . Data Systems Technician

DT . . . . . . . . Dental Technician
EA . . . . . . . . Engineering Aid
EAD . . . . . " " D (Drafting)
EM . . . . . . . . Electrician's Mate
EN . . . . . . . . Engineman
EO . . . . . . . . Equipment Operator
EOH . . . . . " " H (Hauling)
EON . . . . . " " N (Construction Equipment)
ET . . . . . . . . Electronics Technician
ETN . . . . . " " N (Communications)
ETR . . . . . " " R (Radar)
FT . . . . . . . . Fire Control Technician
FTG . . . . . " " G (Gun Fire Control)
FTM . . . . . " " M (Missile Fire Control)
GM . . . . . . . . Gunner's Mate
GMC . . . . . " " C (Construction Battalion)
GMG . . . . . " " G (Guns)
GMH . . . . . (probable mistake/misprint)
HM . . . . . . . . Hospital Corpsman
HN . . . . . . . . Hospitalman
HT . . . . . . . . Hull Maintenance Technician
IC . . . . . . . . Interior Communications Electrician
JO . . . . . . . . Journalist
MM . . . . . . . . Machinist's Mate
MR . . . . . . . . Machinery Repairman
PH . . . . . . . . Photographer's Mate
PN . . . . . . . . Personnelman
PR . . . . . . . . Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
PT . . . . . . . . Photographic Intelligenceman
QM . . . . . . . . Quartermaster
RD . . . . . . . . Radarman
RM . . . . . . . . Radioman
SD . . . . . . . . Steward
SF . . . . . . . . Shipfitter*
SFM . . . . . " " M (Metalsmith)
SFP . . . . . " " P (Pipefitter)
SH . . . . . . . . Ship's Serviceman
SK . . . . . . . . Storekeeper
SM . . . . . . . . Signalman
ST . . . . . . . . Sonar Technician
SW . . . . . . . . Steelworker
SWE . . . . . " " E (Erector)
SWF . . . . . " " F (Fabricator)
TM . . . . . . . . Torpedoman's Mate
UT . . . . . . . . Utilitiesman
UTP . . . . . " " P (Plumber)
YN . . . . . . . . Yeoman

 

Note that the Naval abbreviation for Chief Shipfitter, SFC, is also the Army abbreviation for Sergeant First Class.

Source:  http://www.kirks.org.uk/Military/vexplan.htm

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