When did the Vietnam War draft end?

Answer 1

End of Vietnam draft

January 27, 1973 - Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces the draft is ended in favor of voluntary enlistment.

Nixon changed the draft to a lottery in '71.

Answer 2

Men were drafted for military service before the war. Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, and was a tank crewman with the 1/32 Armor stationed in Europe (Germany). He honorably discharged in 1960. The tank he served on was the same type used in Vietnam, the M-48 Patton tank.

Answer 3

The military draft was effective before the Vietnam War. Elvis Presley was drafted into the US Army in 1958 and served as an armor crewman aboard an M-48 Patton tank with the 1/32 Armor in Europe (Germany). He honorably discharged from the army in 1960. The M-48 Patton tank was the same type of tanks used in the Vietnam War.

Answer 4

Men were drafted into the military before Vietnam. Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958 and served as an armor crewman aboard an M-48 Patton tank with the 1/32 Armor in Europe (Germany). He honorably discharged in 1960.

Answer 5

The draft didn't begin with Vietnam. The draft had been ongoing since the end of WW2; Example: Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, he served as a M48 Patton tank crewman with the 1/32 Armor in Europe. The US President at the time was Eisenhower. The M48A3 Patton tank was used by US Army & Marine forces in Vietnam.

Answer 6

There was no draft just for the Vietnam War. The post WWII draft ran continuously from 1948 to 1973 without interruption.

According to the

Selective Service System, from 1954 through 1963 (peacetime) they drafted 1,327,343 men for military service, from 1964 through 1973, they drafted 1,840,650 men.

Answer 7

It started in WWII and continued up thru Vietnam.

Answer 8

The draft was on-going from WW2 thru Vietnam; Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, serving as an M48 Patton tank crewman with the 1/32 Armor in Europe. See film: GI Blues.

Answer 9

See response below.