Individual Details

Galen Richard WYSE

(30 Nov 1917 - 26 Aug 1989)

1942 changes

1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade
No Insignia
Master Sergeant First Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Technician Third Grade Sergeant Technician Fourth Grade Corporal Technician Fifth Grade Private First Class Private
M/Sgt. 1st Sgt. T/Sgt. S/Sgt. T/3. Sgt. T/4. Cpl. T/5. Pfc. Pvt.
[edit]Technicians
On January 8, 1942, under War Department Circular No. 5, the ranks of Technician Third Grade (T/3), Technician Fourth Grade (T/4), and Technician Fifth Grade (T/5) were created and replaced the existing specialist ranks. Initially, these ranks used the same insignia as the Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, and Corporal, but on September 4, 1942, Change 1 to AR 600-35 added a "T" for "Technician" to the standard chevron design that corresponded with that grade.[2] Despite that, as with the Specialists that they replaced, unofficial insignia using a specialty symbol instead of the T were used in some units.[citation needed]
A technician was generally not addressed as such, but rather as the equivalent line (NCO) rank in its pay grade (T/5 as Corporal; T/4 as Sergeant; T/3 as Sergeant or Staff Sergeant). Officially, a technician did not have the authority to give commands or issue orders but could under combat conditions be placed second in command of a squad by a Sergeant. Unofficially, most units treated them as though they were of the equivalent rank of the same pay grade.[citation needed]
The Technician ranks were removed from the rank system in 1948. The concept was brought back with Specialist ranks in 1955.

1942 changes 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade No Insignia Master Sergeant First Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Technician Third Grade Sergeant Technician Fourth Grade Corporal Technician Fifth Grade Private First Class Private M/Sgt. 1st Sgt. T/Sgt. S/Sgt. T/3. Sgt. T/4. Cpl. T/5. Pfc. Pvt. [edit]Technicians On January 8, 1942, under War Department Circular No. 5, the ranks of Technician Third Grade (T/3), Technician Fourth Grade (T/4), and Technician Fifth Grade (T/5) were created and replaced the existing specialist ranks. Initially, these ranks used the same insignia as the Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, and Corporal, but on September 4, 1942, Change 1 to AR 600-35 added a "T" for "Technician" to the standard chevron design that corresponded with that grade.[2] Despite that, as with the Specialists that they replaced, unofficial insignia using a specialty symbol instead of the T were used in some units.[citation needed] A technician was generally not addressed as such, but rather as the equivalent line (NCO) rank in its pay grade (T/5 as Corporal; T/4 as Sergeant; T/3 as Sergeant or Staff Sergeant). Officially, a technician did not have the authority to give commands or issue orders but could under combat conditions be placed second in command of a squad by a Sergeant. Unofficially, most units treated them as though they were of the equivalent rank of the same pay grade.[citation needed] The Technician ranks were removed from the rank system in 1948. The concept was brought back with Specialist ranks in 1955.

Events

Birth	30 Nov 1917	Ohio, USA
Residence	1920	Brady, Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	1920	Brady, Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	1930	Brady, Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	1930	Brady, Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	1930	Brady, Williams, Ohio, USA
Marriage	22 Feb 1941	Margaret Katherine STARK
Military	15 Jan 1945	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Military	15 Jan 1945	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Residence	1948	gps 41 26.85'N 84 44.691'W/Edgerton, Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	Abt 1956	West Covina, Los Angeles, California, USA
Residence	1979	West Unity, Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	1989	21400 US Rt. 20A/West Unity, Williams, Ohio, USA
Burial	1989	Floral Grove Cemetery gps 41 34.302'N 84 24.872'W/Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	1989	21400 US Rt. 20A/West Unity, Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence	1989	21400 US 20A, West Unity, Ohio/West Unity, Williams, Ohio, USA
Death	26 Aug 1989	West Unity, Williams, Ohio, USA
other	27 Aug 1989	Allen, Indiana, USA
Alt name		Galen R WYSE
Alt name		Galen WYSE
Alt name		Galen Richard WYSE
Alt name		Galen R. WYSE
Alt name		Galen Richard WYSE
Burial		West Unity, Williams County, Ohio, USA
Soc Sec No		289-18-4914/
SSN issued		Henry, Ohio, USA
Residence		Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence		Winter Haven, Polk, Florida, USA
Residence		St Clair, Illinois, USA
Residence		St Clair, Illinois, USA
Residence		Winter Haven, Polk, Florida, USA
Residence		Williams, Ohio, USA
Residence		St Clair, Illinois, USA

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Spouse

Margaret Katherine STARK (1917 - )

Father	Leroy Wilbur WYSE (1881 - 1958)
Mother	Carrie May SCHNEIDER (1883 - 1975)
Sibling	Maruerite Ruth WYSE (1907 - 1965)
Sibling	Irene M WYSE (1910 - 2004)
Sibling	Helen Mae Wyse (1911 - 1988)
Sibling	Leroy Wilbur WYSE Jr (1919 - 1947)
Sibling	Russel Eugene WYSE (1921 - 2002)
Sibling	Wayne Lester WYSE (1923 - 1984)
Sibling	Hazel Eldora WYSE (1904 - 1999)
Sibling	Ralph William WYSE (1912 - 1995)
Sibling	Robert Louis WYSE (1924 - 2013)
Sibling	Edward Arthur WYSE (1902 - 2003)
Sibling	Living

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Galen Richard WYSE

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