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re: Vietnam Draft Lottery
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:23 am to redstick13
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:23 am to redstick13
Looks like me and both brothers would have all been drafted in 1970
How would that work? My mother would have had all her kids shipped off to war?
How would that work? My mother would have had all her kids shipped off to war?
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Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:24 am to SuperSaint
Yeah, but you might have had a movie made about you. Like private ryan
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:25 am to redstick13
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I wonder if 152 survived or has his name on the memorial wall.
More than one person had any given number, the numbers only went from 1 to 366. So when a number was called, everyone assigned that number was drafted.
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As the war went on, selective service requirements, deferments and exemptions changed in an effort to make the draft appear more fair. One of those changes was the institution of a draft lottery, which gave young men a random number between 1 and 366 corresponding to their birthdays. Lower numbers were called first.
This post was edited on 9/18/17 at 11:28 am
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:25 am to SuperSaint
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How would that work? My mother would have had all her kids shipped off to war?
The youngest boy would stay.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:25 am to SuperSaint
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How would that work? My mother would have had all her kids shipped off to war?
Saving Private Ryan baw!
Just hope to be the last one alive
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:25 am to redstick13
was born in '56.
draft was still around, I believe, when turned 18 years. had to sign up for service, then, at the least.
draft was still around, I believe, when turned 18 years. had to sign up for service, then, at the least.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:25 am to redstick13
114, would have got called.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:26 am to wfallstiger
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had to sign up for service, then, at the least.
Still do.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:27 am to redstick13
I was born in 1951. Mine was 321 the next year.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:27 am to 50_Tiger
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My draft number was 2 and I was def called in.
What was your date of birth? I thought my brother's number was 2 or 5 but this thing shows it was 43. Anyway, he stayed in ROTC and went in as a 2nd Lt.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:27 am to redstick13
Talk about a bad Christmas. I put in December 25th just to see.
YOUR DRAFT NUMBER
84
WAS CALLED IN 1970.
If your birthday was just 6 days earlier, your draft number would not have been called.
YOUR DRAFT NUMBER
84
WAS CALLED IN 1970.
If your birthday was just 6 days earlier, your draft number would not have been called.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:27 am to redstick13
I put in my fathers B-Day and he wouldn't have been called. Funny, he was enlisted and was in one of the first American Company's in Vietnam working as an advisor.
I would have been called by 1 day.
I would have been called by 1 day.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:27 am to redstick13
Woooo missed it by 3 days
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:27 am to tketaco
quote:so my younger brother would have stayed country side... fair enough, he is smarter than my older bro and I anyway
The youngest boy would stay.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:28 am to Homesick Tiger
Apr 24
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:28 am to redstick13
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This post was edited on 3/2/25 at 11:39 am
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:29 am to redstick13
150 called in 1970. If one day earlier would not have been called.
However, I would have gone to a military academy regardless so I wouldn't have been subject to the draft.
However, I would have gone to a military academy regardless so I wouldn't have been subject to the draft.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:31 am to lnomm34
The best day to have been born on, in this situation, would be February 29th. Lower odds of it ever getting picked.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:31 am to wfallstiger
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had to sign up for service, then, at the least.
Hell, I did that a decade ago.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 11:31 am to wfallstiger
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draft was still around, I believe, when turned 18 years.
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U.S. military draft ends, Jan. 27, 1973. On the day in 1973, as the Vietnam War drew to a close, the Selective Service announced that there would be no further draft calls.
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