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re: The Vietnam Draft Lottery
Posted on 6/8/26 at 7:16 am to GruntbyAssociation
Posted on 6/8/26 at 7:16 am to GruntbyAssociation
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My older brother who is 68 got his lottery number even though the war was essentially over when he turned 18, just in case.
I'm a few months from turning 70, and I never got a lottery number. I was 17 years old when I was sworn in to the U.S. Army in January of my senior high school year. It was an all-volunteer army, the draft had ended. Don't understand how your brother is at least a year younger than me and he got a lottery number? I was 17 and the draft was already over, so he would have been 16 at the max.
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Posted on 6/8/26 at 7:22 am to Bamafig
I would have been drafted, but likely not in the shite as the draw down had started.
I don't know if y'all's wife is the same, but she was blown away when I mentioned once about having to sign up for the draft. I think it's something women do not understand at all. I remember having to sign up when I was 18. I would be next to worthless in a combat situation. I'd probably be a liability.
I don't know if y'all's wife is the same, but she was blown away when I mentioned once about having to sign up for the draft. I think it's something women do not understand at all. I remember having to sign up when I was 18. I would be next to worthless in a combat situation. I'd probably be a liability.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 7:33 am to Bamafig
My dad was close. But never drafted. He turned 18 in ‘70. Had he been born a day earlier he would have been drafted.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 7:35 am to Lutcher Lad
quote:
I'm a few months from turning 70, and I never got a lottery number. I was 17 years old when I was sworn in to the U.S. Army in January of my senior high school year. It was an all-volunteer army, the draft had ended. Don't understand how your brother is at least a year younger than me and he got a lottery number? I was 17 and the draft was already over, so he would have been 16 at the max.
First and foremost government run anything is inefficient. I am from New Orleans, if you are from elsewhere that may have something to do with it. But my brother himself will tell you he got a number. I also said he got the number in case things kicked off again, he wasn’t actually required to report anywhere. I also miscalculated my brothers age, he’s 69.
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 8:00 am
Posted on 6/8/26 at 7:36 am to Bamafig
I would have been the very first draft
Posted on 6/8/26 at 7:43 am to Bamafig
My number was 81, I think.
Drafted August 1972. They ended the draft while I was in AIT.
Draft lottery held while I was a sophomore in college. Had a deferment until I got degree.
No one, no one would hire me for any job because of my draft status.
Used GI Bill for a law degree. If any business gives a veteran discount, count me in.
A lot of veterans will not agree but I think a stint in the military can be an overall positive.
Drafted August 1972. They ended the draft while I was in AIT.
Draft lottery held while I was a sophomore in college. Had a deferment until I got degree.
No one, no one would hire me for any job because of my draft status.
Used GI Bill for a law degree. If any business gives a veteran discount, count me in.
A lot of veterans will not agree but I think a stint in the military can be an overall positive.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:14 am to Bamafig
My brother was having nightmares as his 18th birthday approached in November of 1972 (he was born in 1954). With the peace accords, they ceased the draft lottery before they pulled for people born in 1954. People from the lottery in 1972 (born in 53) also did not have to report.
To say that was both a turbulent and sobering time is a pretty fair statement. I turned 10 in 1972.
My draft numbers for the lotteries would have been 69(Born from 1944-1950)-186, 70(born 1951)-129, 71(born 1952)-206, 72(born 1953)-99.
Here is a tool for anyone who wonders where thier numbers would have been.
https://www.randomservices.org/random/data/Draft.html
To say that was both a turbulent and sobering time is a pretty fair statement. I turned 10 in 1972.
My draft numbers for the lotteries would have been 69(Born from 1944-1950)-186, 70(born 1951)-129, 71(born 1952)-206, 72(born 1953)-99.
Here is a tool for anyone who wonders where thier numbers would have been.
https://www.randomservices.org/random/data/Draft.html
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:18 am to pdubya76
March
3
Determine Your Fate
NOT DRAFTED
Your lottery numbers were never called for service.
3
Determine Your Fate
NOT DRAFTED
Your lottery numbers were never called for service.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:21 am to deeprig9
quote:
College was a 4 year escape from the draft
someone didn't tell that to the army when they drafted my bil while he was in law school, married with a kid on the way
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:22 am to 777Tiger
quote:
September 14 (001)
April 24 (002)
December 30 (003)
February 14 (004)
October 18 (005)
September 6 (006)
October 26 (007)
September 7 (008)
November 22 (009)
December 6 (010)
Q4 birthday baws must've been all "shake up that damn bag".
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:23 am to Bamafig
The boomers had it so easy
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:29 am to Bamafig
My uncle avoided the draft by enlisting in the Navy after high school.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:35 am to RollTide1987
quote:
My uncle avoided the draft by enlisting in the Navy after high school.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:46 am to beerJeep
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My arse would have been drafted early fml
Dang, my bday was not drafted. I don't usually have that kind of luck.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:50 am to 777Tiger
quote:Many people in this thread don't realize college deferments were halted later in the war.
someone didn't tell that to the army when they drafted my bil while he was in law school, married with a kid on the way
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:50 am to Bamafig
I turned 18 in 1972. My heart sunk when the lottery was drawn for that year.
I drew a 6. I was going.
But Nixon ended the draft before I was called up. Phew.
I drew a 6. I was going.
But Nixon ended the draft before I was called up. Phew.
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