INDUCTION
STATISTICS
The
following shows the numbers of men who entered military service
through the Selective Service System during major 20th century
conflicts in which the U.S. was engaged.
Conflict
and Number of Inductions:
WWI:
(Sept. 1917-Nov. 1918) |
2,810,296 |
WWII:
(Nov. 1940-Oct. 1946) |
10,110,104 |
Korea:
(June 1950-June 1953) |
1,529,539 |
Vietnam:
(Aug 1964- Feb 1973) |
1,857,304
|
Inductions (by year) from World War I through the end of the
draft (1973)
Year:
|
Number
of Inductions |
1917:
1918:
1940:
1941:
1942:
1943:
1944:
1945:
1946:
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:
1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962:
1963:
1964:
1965:
1966:
1967:
1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:
1973: |
516,212
2,294,084
18,633
923,842
3,033,361
3,323,970
1,591,942
945,862
183,383
0
20,348
9,781
219,771
551,806
438,479
471,806
253,230
152,777
137,940
138,504
142,246
96,153
86,602
118,586
82,060
119,265
112,386
230,991
382,010
228,263
296,406
283,586
162,746
94,092
49,514
646 |
The
last man inducted entered the Army on June 30, 1973.
For more information about induction statistics, call Selective
Service at (703)605-4100.
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