Technician fourth grade

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Technician Fourth Grade
The Tec 4 insignia of a letter "T" below three chevrons.
Country	United States
Service branch	United States Army
Abbreviation	Tec 4 or T/4
Rank group	Enlisted
Pay grade	Fourth Grade
Formation	January 8, 1942
Abolished	August 1, 1948
Next higher rank	Technician Third Grade
Next lower rank	Technician Fifth Grade
Equivalent ranks	Corporal (USA) Petty Officer 3rd Class (USN)

Technician Fourth Grade (Tec 4 or T/4) was a rank of the United States Army from 1942 to 1948.

History[]

Marlene Dietrich and U.S. Army Technician Fourth Grade Earl E. McFarland in Belgium in 1944

The rank of Technician Fourth Grade was added by War Department on January 8, 1942,^[1] per Army Regulation 600-35. An update issued on September 4, 1942, added a letter "T" to the rank insignia.

Those who held the rank were often addressed as Sergeant. Technicians possessed specialized skills that were rewarded with a higher pay grade. These skills could be directly related to combat, such as those skills possessed by a tank driver or combat engineer, or skills possessed by those in support functions such as cooks or mechanics. They were non-commissioned officers, as were sergeants but had no command authority. Initially, they shared the same insignia as sergeant, but on September 4, 1942, the three technician ranks were distinguished by a block "T" imprinted below the standard chevrons. Unofficial insignia using a technical specialty symbol instead of the T was used in some units.

The technician ranks were removed from the U.S. Army rank system in 1948, though the concept was brought back with the specialist ranks in 1955.^[2]

See also[]

• United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II

References[]

Further reading[]

• History of U.S. Army Enlisted ranks The Institute of Heraldry
• Rank, Enlisted, U.S. Army Saving Private Ryan Online Encyclopedia

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