The following shows the number of men who were inducted into military service through the Selective Service System during the major 20th century conflicts. The last man inducted entered the  U.S. Army on June 30, 1973 during the last draft conducted.

For more information about induction statistics, call Selective Service at 703-605-4100.

Conflict and Number of Inductions

World War I Sept. 1917 – Nov. 1918 2,810,296 World War II Nov. 1940 – Oct. 1946 10,110,104 Korean War June 1950 – June 1953 1,529,539 Vietnam War Aug. 1964 – Feb. 1973 1,857,304

 

Inductions by Year

Year Number of Inductions 1917 516,212 1918 2,294,084 1940 18,633 1941 923,842 1942 3,033,361 1943 3,323,970 1944 1,591,942 1945 945,862 1946 183,383 1947 0 1948 20,348 1949 9,781 1950 219,771 1951 551,806 1952 438,479 1953 471,806 1954 253,230 1955 152,777 1956 137,940 1957 138,504 1958 142,246 1959 96,153 1960 86,602 1961 118,586 1962 82,060 1963 119,265 1964 112,386 1965 230,991 1966 382,010 1967 228,263 1968 296,406 1969 283,586 1970 162,746 1971 94,092 1972 49,514 1973 646