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On the day in 1973, as the Vietnam War drew to a close, the Selective Service announced that there would be no further draft calls. The decision came several months after President Richard M....
The Geneva Accords of July 1954 brought an end to the conflict, with a new border drawn along the 17th parallel separating the Communist North and the French-controlled South. South Vietnam subsequently gained independence from France and Ngô Đình Diệm became prime minister. [2]
On Jan. 27, 1973, with the Paris Peace Accords signed and U.S. involvement in Vietnam over, Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced the end of the military draft, after 25 uninterrupted...
Between 1954-1964, from the end of the Korean War until the escalation in Vietnam, the “peacetime” draft inducted more than 1.4 million American men, an average of more than 120,000 per year.
With the Paris Peace Accords signed on January 27, 1973, the end of active U.S. ground involvement in Vietnam and subsequently the draft saw the the last men conscripted on December 7, 1972. The Selective Service System continued to assign draft priority numbers in March from 1973-75 in case the draft was extended, although it never was.
The Draft during the Vietnam War (1964-1973) In 1960, 9.3 million American males were between the ages of 18 to 26—the age range targeted by the draft. [1] By 1965, 11 million American men were old enough to serve and by 1970 the number was over 14 million. [2]
Draft resistance in the United States reached its peak during the Vietnam War. By late 1967, U.S. casualties in Vietnam had reached 15,058 killed and 109,527 wounded.
In the pre-Vietnam draft era, few enlisted personnel—only 3% to 4%—served long enough to retire. By the late 1980s, it was estimated that 18% of the force would be retained until retirement, and the number was rising.
• January 27, 1973: The Selective Service announces the end to the draft and institutes an all-volunteer military.
As a result of a spike in voluntary enlistments, inductions were temporarily suspended after only three months; the planned call for February 1949 was cancelled on January 8, 1949, and no calls were issued from February 1949 until September 1950.