| 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 |
| 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 |
