Who became company clerk after Radar left the 4077th?

Maxwell Klinger became company clerk after Radar left the 4077th.

Klinger had originally served as an orderly and corpsman, best known for wearing women’s clothing while seeking a Section 8 discharge. When Corporal Walter “Radar” O’Reilly receives a hardship discharge in the Season 8 two-part story “Good-Bye Radar,” Klinger is selected to take over the company-clerk job.

The transition is not effortless. Klinger initially struggles with the paperwork, supply requests, and administrative responsibilities that Radar seemed to handle instinctively. The next episode, “Period of Adjustment,” centers on the staff’s unfair comparisons between the inexperienced replacement and the beloved former clerk. Colonel Potter eventually recognizes that Klinger needs time to develop his own style.

Klinger ultimately proves effective, especially as a resourceful scrounger who can navigate military bureaucracy. The new position also changes his character: he abandons his prolonged attempt to obtain a Section 8 discharge, stops dressing in women’s clothes, and becomes a more serious and dependable member of the unit. He is later promoted to sergeant.