Draft lottery # 1 Dec 1969

 

 

On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted a lottery to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944-1950. The lottery numbers drawn in Dec69 were used during calendar year 1970 for both call for induction and for physical examinations. This lottery impacted every male that age one way or the other. The numbers matched to birthdays are as follows: