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