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SELECTIVE SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS
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| WWI period: (beginning
May 18, 1917) |
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| Class I - liable for military
service |
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| Class II thru V - temporarily
exempted or discharged from draft. |
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| WWII period:
(October 4, 1940 to January 17, 1947) |
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| CLASS |
DESCRIPTION
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| I-A |
Available for military service |
| I-A(B) |
Acceptable for military service, below
standards for general military
service |
| I-A(L) |
Available for limited military service |
| I-A-O |
Available for noncombatant military service
(conscientious objectors) |
| I-A-O(B) |
Acceptable for noncombatant military service,
below standards for general
military service
(conscientious objectors) |
| I-A-O(L) |
Available for noncombatant limited military
service (conscientious objectors) |
| I-A rem. |
Available for military service after
correction of defects |
| I-A-O rem. |
Available for noncombatant military service
after correction of defects
(conscientious
objectors) |
| I-B |
Available for limited military service |
| I-B-O |
Available for noncombatant limited military
service (conscientious objectors) |
| I-B rem. |
Available for limited military service
after
correction of defects (conscientious
objectors) |
| I-B-O rem. |
Available for noncombatant limited military
service after correction
of defects |
| I-C Ind. |
Inducted member of armed forces |
| I-C Enl. |
Enlisted member of armed forces |
| I-C Disc. |
Discharged (honorably) from the armed
forces |
| I-C Dec. |
Deceased while in Class I-C |
| I-D |
Deferred student, fit for general military
service |
| I-D-O |
Deferred student, fit for general noncombatant
military service |
| I-E |
Deferred student, fit for limited military
service |
| I-E-O |
Deferred student, fit for limited noncombatant
military service |
| I-G |
Member of or honorably separated from
armed forces of
cobelligerent nation (later
extended to include
registrants separated from
American Field Service
or Merchant Marine, and persons
interned by an
enemy nation) |
| I-H |
Deferred, aged 28 or over |
| II-A |
Deferred in support of national health,
safety,
or interest |
| II-A(L) |
As II-A, but found qualified for limited
military
service |
| II-A(F) |
As II-A, but rejected for military service |
| II-B |
Deferred in war production |
| II-B(L) |
As II-B, but found qualified for limited
military
service |
| II-B(F) |
As II-B, but rejected for military service |
| II-C |
Deferred in agriculture |
| II-C(L) |
As II-C, but found qualified for limited
military
service |
| II-C(F) |
As II-C, but rejected for military service |
| III-A |
Deferred for dependency reasons
(reestablished 11-15-45) |
| III-B |
Deferred both by reason of dependency
and
occupation essential to the
war effort |
| III-C |
Deferred both by reason of dependency
and
agricultural occupation |
| III-D |
Deferred by reason of extreme hardship
and
privation to wife, child,
or parent |
| IV-A |
Man who has completed service. (This
classification
was applicable in time of
peace only.) |
| IV-A |
Man deferred by reason of age.
11-18-42: age 45 and over
10-05-44: age 38 and over
08-31-45: age 26 and over
07-17-46: age 30 and over |
| IV-B |
Official deferred by law |
| IV-C |
Alien not acceptable to armed forces and
certain neutral aliens |
| IV-D |
Minister of religion or divinity student |
| IV-E |
Conscientious objector, available for
or assigned
to work of national importance |
| IV-E(B) |
Conscientious objector, under 26 years
of age,
acceptable under lowered
physical standards for
work of national importance |
| IV-E-H |
Conscientious objector deferred by reason
of age (over age 27) |
| IV-E(L) |
Conscientious objector qualified for limited
service |
| IV-E-LS |
Conscientious objector available for limited
service in civilian work
of national importance |
| IV-E-S |
Conscientious objector who would otherwise
be
in Class I-D or I-E |
| IV-E Disc. |
Conscientious objector separated from
work of
national importance by issuance
of a Certificate
of Release |
| IV-E Sep. |
Conscientious objector separated from
work of
national importance other
than by issuance of
a Certificate of Release
or of death |
| IV-E Dec. |
Deceased while in Class IV-E |
| IV-F |
Rejected for military service; physical,
mental,
or moral reasons |
| IV-H |
Deferred, age between 38 and 45 |
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| Suffix "(H)" |
Added to classification, such as II-A(H),
to identify registrants aged 38-44
incl. |
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| January 18, 1947 thru 1948
- No draft |
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| PWWII period: (1948
thru 1976*) |
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| 1-A |
Available for military service |
| 1-AM |
Medical specialist available for military
service |
| 1-A-O |
Conscientious objector available for noncombatant
military service |
| 1-A-OM |
Medical specialist conscientious objector
available
for noncombatant military
service |
| 1-C |
Member of the Armed Forces of the United
States, the
Coast and Geodetic Survey,
or the Public Health Service
(Enl)-enlisted; (Ind)-Inducted;
(Dis)-discharged |
| 1-D |
Member of a Reserve component or student
taking military
training |
| **1-H |
Registrant not currently subject to processing
for
induction
or alternate service |
| 1-O |
Conscientious objector available for civilian
work
contributing to the national
health, safety, or interest |
| 1-OM |
Medical specialist conscientious objector
available for
civilian work contributing
to the national health,
safety, or interest |
| 1-S |
Student deferred by statute: (H)-high
school; (C)-college |
| 1-W |
Conscientious objector performing civilian
work in the
national health, safety,
or interest (Rel)-released |
| ***1-Y |
Registrant qualified for service only
in time of war
or national emergency |
| 2-A |
Registrant deferred because of civilian
occupation
(except agriculture) |
| 2-AM |
Medical specialist deferred because of
critical
community need involving
patient care |
| 2-C |
Registrant deferred because of agricultural
occupation |
| 2-D |
Registrant deferred because of study in
preparation
for the ministry |
| 2-M |
Registrant deferred for medical study |
| 2-S |
Registrant deferred because of activity
in study |
| 3-A |
Registrant with a child or children; or
registrant
deferred by reason of extreme
hardship to dependents |
| 4-A |
Registrant who has completed service;
or sole surviving son |
| 4-B |
Official deferred by law |
| 4-C |
Alien |
| 4-D |
Minister of religion or divinity student |
| 4-E |
Conscientious objector opposed to both
combatant and
noncombatant training and
service |
| 4-F |
Registrant not qualified for military
service |
| 4-FM |
Medical specialist not qualified for military
service |
| 4-G |
Sole surviving son |
| 4-W |
Conscientious objector who has completed
civilian
alternate service |
| 5-A |
Registrant over the age of liability for
military service |