Draft Numbers Record For Free

Each succeeding year, a draft eligible man drops into the next lower priority group until he has reached his 26th birthday, at which time he is over the age of liability for the draft.

If you registered with your SSN, you can access your Selective Service number and date of registration online and print a copy for your records. If you do not have a SSN or did not provide one at the time of registration, please call us for further assistance at 888-655-1825.

The draft lottery was based on birth dates. There were 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth dates (including February 29) placed into a glass container. The capsules were drawn by hand, opened one by one, and then assigned to a sequence from 1 until 366.

First of all, the upper age limit for enlistment in the Armed Forces currently, is 42. In WWI, all men ages 21?30 were to enlist and before war's end, the upper age limit increased to 45. Thanks, Woodrow. In 1940, 18?64 y/o men registered, 21?35 y/o men were drafted in the first peacetime draft.

All men from the ages of 18 to 64 years will now be eligible for the draft, ing to a decision made by congressional committees on December 16, now including men with families who might have previously been exempt because of old age or boys fresh out of school.

How does it work? A random draw will be held to determine the top four draft picks, with weaker teams having better chances. Picks 5 through 14 will then be allotted in reverse order of the teams' records.

Men turning 21 in the year of the draft would be second priority, men turning 22 would be third, and so on until a man turns 26, at which time he is over the age of liability.

Men turning 21 in the year of the draft would be second priority, men turning 22 would be third, and so on until a man turns 26, at which time he is over the age of liability.

Draft-age men were assigned a number between one and 366, depending on their birthday. The lowest numbers were called first. This was all entirely at random. Of course, that didn't stop some of those who were called to service from further avoiding Selective Service.

The birth year of 1952 was the last draftees, with the assigned number 95 being the last number drafted, which represented those born on July 20, 1952.