What Does Tec 4 Mean on a tombstone?

Answer 1

A Tec 4 was an Army and Air Corp rank in the WWII era. It would be paygrade 4 in any number of technical fields from Aircraft repairman, radio operator or maintenance, radar operator or maintenance, etc.

Answer 2

Technician Fifth Grade. On January 8, 1942, the War Department, 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 later, Changed added a "T" for "Technician" to the standard chevron design that corresponded with that grade. A technician was generally not addressed as such, but rather as the command 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 2nd in command of a squad by a Sergeant. Unofficially, most units treated them as though they were of the command rank of the same pay grade. The Technician ranks were removed from the rank system in 1948. The concept was brought back with Specialist ranks of in 1955.