Navy·Consolidated / merged·In Memoriam
Postal Clerk
PC
Served: 1959–2009
The sailors who ran Navy post offices afloat and ashore — and maintained the master directory of every soul on the ship.
The Story
Direct descendant of the 1944 Mailman rating → Teleman (1948) → Postal Clerk (1959). Three deaths for one job. Pre-WWII, your mail was usually sorted by a Yeoman or a Gunner's Mate when the captain felt like it.
Epitaph
“Mailman → Teleman → Postal Clerk → LS. The job survived four names. The crow did not.”
Sources
- Wikipedia — Postal Clerk (USN)en.wikipedia.org