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Vietnam War Draft Numbers. N72 gives the results of the lottery held on February 2 1972 for men born in 1953. NUMBER OF INDUCTIONS Source. All men assigned that lottery number or any lower number and who were classified as available for military service were called to report for possible induction. Overall an estimated 60 of potentially eligible men escaped the draft in the Vietnam years mostly by qualifying for exemptions of many different kinds.
An estimated 70000 American men fled to Canada to evade the draft or as deserters. Selective Service System WORLD WAR ONE 1917 1918 2666867 WORLD WAR TWO 1940 1946 includes draftees before Pearl Harbor 10110114 KOREA June 1950 June 1953 1529537 VIETNAM Aug 1964 Feb 1973 1766910 Inductions by Year Inductions by year from World War I through the end of the draft on July 1 1973. NUMBER OF INDUCTIONS Source. Posted On September 03 2021 021900. KOREA June 1950 - June 1953. The first date drawn was September 14 followed by April 24 which was assigned to 001 and 002 respectively.
All men assigned that lottery number or any lower number and who were classified as available for military service were called to report for possible induction.
Lower numbers were called first. Draft age men were assigned a number between 1 and 366 depending on their birthday. From January to December the rank of the average draft pick numbers were 5 4 1 3 2 6 8 9 10 7 11 and 12. The highest lottery number called for this group was 95. The first date drawn was September 14 followed by April 24 which was assigned to 001 and 002 respectively. All men assigned that lottery number or any lower number and who were classified as available for military service were called to report for possible induction.