Who were exempt from the Vietnam draft?

Here are 11 ways people beat the draft in the 1970s.

• Be a Conscientious Objector.
• Make up a health condition.
• Have children who need you.
• Be a homosexual.
• Run away to Canada.
• Go to college.
• Have a high lottery number.
• Hold an “essential” civilian job.

Are Native Americans subject to draft?

Although Native Americans were not drafted for World War I because they were not considered citizens of the United States in 1917, approximately 10,000 Native American men volunteered for duty in World War I. Native American men were included along with whites in the World War II draft.

What ages were drafted in Vietnam?

Before the lottery was implemented in the latter part of the Vietnam conflict, there was no system in place to determine order of call besides the fact that men between the ages of 18 and 26 were vulnerable to being drafted. Local boards called men classified 1-A, 18-1/2 through 25 years old, oldest first.

Did Native Americans get drafted in Vietnam?

Throughout the Vietnam Era, American Indians enlisted in the military to the tune of more than 42,000 – 90 percent of them were volunteers, with the others serving trough draft selection. After Vietnam, Natives have continued to serve in high numbers.

When did Native Americans become citizens?

1924
The issue of American Indian birthright citizenship wouldn’t be settled until 1924 when the Indian Citizenship Act conferred citizenship on all American Indians. At the time, 125,000 of an estimated population of 300,000 American Indians weren’t citizens.

How were soldiers drafted into the Vietnam War?

On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War in the year 1970, for men born from January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1950.

Which side did the Native American fight on in the French and Indian war?

When the French and Indian War broke out in 1754, the Mohawk Indians who lived in the Mohawk River Valley of upper State New York sided with the British while the Mohawk Indians who lived in Canada sided with the French.

Were there more natives involved in the Civil War than drafted?

Even though Congress granted Native Americans citizenship a bit over a decade before the war started, in 1924, there were more Natives who voluntarily enlisted for battle than were drafted.

Should Vietnam War era American Indian veterans be given a forum?

It is time that Vietnam War era American Indian vets and their families be provided a forum for expressing their views and reflections on America’s longest war.

Why did the US get involved in the Vietnam War?

The reasons behind American involvement in the Vietnam War were unclear to many but for the 2.5 million Americans who served, the one thing that was clear was that it could be a challenge to stay alive. In the beginning of American military involvement, in 1964, fewer than 50 percent of Americans had ever heard of Vietnam.

How many Native American soldiers are in the US military?

Today there are about 31,000 American Indian and Alaska Native men and women classified as active duty in the U.S. military, along with 140,000 living veterans.