Selection for Military Service in the Vietnam Era

How did the Vietnam draft lottery work? vietnam draft lottery dates In each draft lottery, numbers from 1 to 366, known as random sequence num- bers , were randomly assigned to all dates of birth in the relevant cohorts vietnam lottery 24h In 1969, the first Vietnam draft lottery assigned numbers to birth dates, determining which young men would be called to fight in Vietnam

vietnam war lottery On Dec 1, 1969, a draft lottery was held to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War It was the first lottery