If a draft were held, local draft
boards would classify registrants to determine
whether they were exempt from military service.
According to US Code Title 32, Chapter XVI, Sec.
1630.2, men would be sorted into the following
categories:
Class 1-A: Available for unrestricted military
service
Class 1-A-0: Conscientious objector available
for noncombatant military service only.
Class 1-C: Member of the Armed Forces of the
United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration or the Public Health Service.
Class 1-D-D: Deferment for certain members
of a reserve component or student taking military
training.
Class 1-D-E: Exemption of certain members of
a reserve component or student taking military
training.
Class 1-H: Active Registrant (*All registrants
currently in the database have this classifcation)
Class 1-O: Conscientious objector to all military
service. A registrant must establish to the
satisfaction of the board that his request for
exemption from combatant and noncombatant military
training and service in the Armed Forces is
based upon moral, ethical or religious beliefs
which play a significant role in his life and
that his objection to participation in war is
not confined to a particular war.
Class 1-O-S: Conscientious objector to all
military service.
Class 1-W: Conscientious objector ordered to
perform alternative service.
Class 2-D: Registrant deferred because of study
preparing for the ministry.
Class 3-A: Registrant deferred because of hardship
to dependents.
Class 3-A-S: Registrant deferred because of
hardship to dependents (separated).
Class 4-A: Registrant who has completed military
service.
Class 4-B: Official deferred by law.
Class 4-C: Alien or dual national.
Class 4-D: Minister of religion.
Class 4-F: Registrant not acceptable for military
service. To be eligible for Class 4-F, a registrant
must have been found not qualified for service
in the Armed Forces by a Military Entrance Processing
Station (MEPS) under the established physical,
mental, or moral standards. The standards of
physical fitness that would be used in a future
draft remain undefined. It should be remembered
that obesity is more common among young Americans
than in other NATO countries that retain conscription.
Openly admitted homosexual men are not allowed
to serve in the American military.
Class 4-G: Registrant exempted from service
because of the death of his parent or sibling
while serving in the Armed Forces or whose parent
or sibling is in a captured or missing in action
status.
Class 4-T: Treaty alien.
Class 4-W: Registrant who has completed alternative
service in lieu of induction.
Class 4-A-A: Registrant who has performed military
service for a foreign nation.
