WWI & WWII Draft Registration Cards

World War I Poster Source: Library of Congress

The Selective Service Act of 1917 authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. Three registrations occurred between 1917 and 1918. The first was on June, 5, 1917 for men aged 21 to 31. The second took place on June 5, 1918 for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917 (a supplemental registration included with the June 5th registration occurred on August 24, 1918 for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1918 ). The third took place on September 12, 1918 for men aged 18-45. All activities of the Selective Service System of World War I were officially terminated on July 15, 1919.

Due to rising world tensions President Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U. S. History in October 1940. After the United States entered World War II a new selective service act required all men between ages 18 and 65 to register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946 over 10 million American men were registered. Only the draft cards of the indexed collection of the Fourth Registration, also called the "old man 's registration " are available to the public due to privacy laws. The Fourth Registration occurred on April 27, 1942 and registered men who were born on or between April 28, 1877 and February 16, 1897 (men aged 45 to 64 years old who were not already in the military ).

Below you will find draft registration cards from World War I and World War II for men who registered in Cochran County. To view a draft registration card, simply click on the name in the table below.

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A	B	C	D
Abbott, Franklin Gordon     Adair, Marcus Daniel     Adair, William Pearl     Adams, Bluford Ray     Adams, Otho R.     Andrews, Harvey J.     Angley, Wilson Elvie     Arnett, Robert Lee     Avery, John Alexander	Bacon, Hezekiah     Baker, A.     Baldwin, Lenwood Marion     Barbarick, Joseph Leroy     Barker, James Humphrey     Barnes, Harvey Arthur     Barnes, William     Barnett, William Dupree     Battenfield, Benjamin Allen     Baugh, Doctor Othello     Beard, Samuel Garrett     Beaver, Carl Tipton     Bennett, Marion Arlo     Bennett, Marvin Earl     Benton, William Houston     Best, Tommie Marion     Bills, Dalton Nathaniel     Bills, Louie William     Blair, Lemuel Allen     Boatright, Monroe Davis     Bogart, Herbert Elisha     Boyd, Fred Leland     Bozike, Sam     Bragg, Houston Benjamin     Brown, John Oscar     Brown, Lon     Brown, Thomas Garland     Browning, James Luther     Buchanan, Noble W.     Burns, Jesse Jerome     Burton, Edward Augustus     Butts, Robert DeWitt     Byrum, Edward Smith	Cagle, Willie Lee     Campbell, Richard Thomas     Capps, Thomas Jackson     Carter, Daniel Robert Sr.     Chamberlain, Henry L.     Clayton, Ira Bentley     Cole, George Washington     Combs, James Oscar     Condray, Jewel Emmit     Connally, James William     Cook, Joe C.     Cook, John Alfred     Cook, Willie     Coon, Edward Everitt     Cooper, George Floyd     Cooper, Robert E. Lee     Cordova, Placido Garcia     Cox, Solomon Turpin     Criswell, John Christfur     Crockett, Alvin Nathaniel     Crockett, John Sharp     Crute, Robert Lee     Culpepper, Jesse Everette     Cunningham, James Patrick	Darden, Travis Ransom     Darland, Elijah Newton     Daughty, Harvey Austin     Davis, James Marshall     Davis, Samuel Emmett     Dawdy, Hiram Blythe     Deaver, Burl Richard     Depauw, Frank Lee     Dewbre, William Jefferson     Doss, Lawrence Truman     Drum, Louis Harm     Drumheller, Lewis Linnus     Duggan, Thomas Bowman     Duke, Vernon     Dunlap, Matthew Wesley     Durham, Coy Onos
E	F	G	H
Elizondo, Odilon     Ellington, Marlin Wilson     Elliott, George B.     Emshoff, Otto	Fain, Robert Abram     Famuliner, George William     Fields, Lucius Emmonds     Finch, Howard Anson     Fisher, Oscar     Fitzgerald, Luther Franklin     Flowers, Pickett Leak     Ford, Arthur Carter     Ford, James Fred     Fraley, Clarence Vernon     Fred, Felix Leonard     Fulton, Samuel Jesse     Fuqua, Henry Clay	Gainer, Hugh     Garrett, Ed     Garzia, Jesus M.     Gathright, James Oliver     Golden, Iverson     Goldsten, Charles Joseph     Gomez, Amado     Grady, Sam     Graham, George Andrew Sr.     Green, John Alfred     Gregory, Alvin William     Griffin, William Gunn     Griffith, Henry Clay     Grizzle, Luther Bee	Hackett, Charley Leonard     Hall, Jesse Thomas     Hamilton, Duard Elder     Hancock, Mac Wesley     Hanegan, Joseph Aaron     Hansen, Anton     Harbor, Lee Noah     Hargrove, George W.     Harris, James Lee     Harris, Wilmer Luther     Harrison, Jesse Cleveland     Harryman, W. M.     Hawkins, Howard Scott     Hayden, L. Z.     Hayden, Walter     Head, Kleber Sampson     Henderson, Joseph Bly     Hickman, Charles Henry     Higgins, Robert     Hight, William Henry     Hightower, Henry Sloan     Hill, Jim Oran     Hill, Rolly W.     Hill, Roy Gilbert     Hill, Will     Hobbs, George Caswell     Hobbs, Lincoln Elamer     Hodges, Carrel Henderson     Hohmann, Julius     Holloman, John Arthur     Hood, Fred Wadley     Hooper, Lonnie H.     Houghton, James Champ     Howerton, Lock Phifer     Hubbard, George Delmer     Hudson, Henry Elbert     Huff, Clayton Weaver     Huff, Swannie Joe     Huggins, Walter William     Humble, Willie     Hurst, Obie Alvin     Hutchins, Glover Henry
I	J	K	L
Igo, George Washington	Jackson, Charlie Howard     Jenkins, James C.     Jennings, Gus     Jennings, William Egbert     Johnson, Amos Harrison     Johnson, Howard     Johnson, John Henry     Johnson, Robert Andrew     Jones, Martin Luther     Jordan, Charles Henry     Jordan, Dempsey Truman	Keith, Gilbert Cribbs     Keith, Thomas Arthur     Kelley, Fred J.     Kelley, Tandy Roger     Kelly, Samuel Clinton     Key, William Calvin     Kiker, John Clifton     Kile, Harmon Rush     King, Marvin Beatrice     Kirby, Oscar Orvil     Kirkpatrick, Joseph Lemuel     Knox, Hubert Jarried     Kocian, John     Krt, Louis	Lackey, James Millard     Lafferty, Henry Fount     Lambert, W. M.     Langford, Fletcher W.     Latham, Lemuel Lee     Lawhon, Edgar     Lawson, Samuel Harvey     Leming, Otto     Lewallen, Alexander     Lewis, Clarence Lawrence     Lewis, John Dee     Lewis, William Nichlous     Long, John Wesley     Lowe, Hubert Sidney     Lowe, John Henry     Lunsford, William Dossen     Lyles, Earl     Lynch, Thomas Fred     Lyons, George T.     Lytle, Edgar
M	N	O	P
Mallow, Clyde Ira     Marek, Eugene G.     Markham, Clarence Boil     Marlin, William Payne     Marquez, Jose     Marr, John William     Martin, James Hamilton     Masten, John Wesley     Masten, Thomas Alton     Mathews, Mathew Guy     McBee, John Turner     McClure, Claud Newt     McCulloch, Willie     McGee, John Leroy     McKenzie, George Allen     McLendon, Benjamin W.     McMillan, Charles Connin     Mears, Levi Melvin     Medina, Genaro Luna     Merrill, Charlie Barett     Mesta, Modesto     Miller, Joseph Charles     Miller, Leonard     Miller, Walter Lee     Millican, Walter Hugh     Mills, Charley Coner     Mills, Edgar Lee     Mills, William Seth     Mitchell, Willie     Money, Charles Arnold     Moore, Farris     Moore, George Gaston     Moore, Will     Morales, Manuel     Moreno, Bruno Gutierres     Morris, David Woodson     Moudy, Erbert Oscar	Nalley, George Washington     Nance, Alex Arthur     Narrell, William Oscar     Neagle, Robert Leslie     Neely, Jim     Nesler, Frances F.     Nettles, Carroll Cicero     New, Dock Frank     Newton, Clifton Bird     Nichols, James Walter     Nixon, James Bunyan     Norman, Jesse Washington     Norman, John Wesley     Northcutt, Joe Thomas	Odom, George Washington     Olds, Wilburn C.     Osteen, Thomas Edward	Pair, A. J.     Passmore, John Ben     Patterson, James Marshall     Patterson, Silas Bevans     Patton, John Robert     Paulk, Jesse James     Perry, Grover Cleveland     Peters, John Lyman     Peters, Robert Edwin     Peterson, James Franklin     Petree, James Augustus     Phillips, Charles Spurgeon     Phillips, James Thomas     Phillips, John Garrison     Pierce, Ernest Edwin     Pierce, Sterling Lafayette     Pierce, Sterling Lafayette     Poe, Otto     Poor, Turner I. O.     Powell, Stephen Nathaniel     Powell, Willie E.     Price, George B.     Price, Lucien Lee     Proctor, Sam     Props, George Mason     Pugh, Lee Orus
Q	R	S	T
Qualls, Clarence Burton	Rawls, William Lawrence     Ray, Raymond Thane     Reddoch, John K.     Reeves, John Henry     Riley, Zimry Willims     Roberts, Filix Festus     Roberts, Lawrence Rawls     Robinson, Bert Martin     Roddy, Tull Grady     Rogers, Henry Edward     Rush, Jesse Ranchmon     Russell, James Alvin     Russell, Nugent Jefferson	Salem, Sam Assed     Scott, Evertt Eric     Shannon, Roy Ross     Shannon, William Hamilton     Shaw, Charley Green     Sherron, John Walter     Shockley, Albert Edward     Sides, Malcolm Dewitt     Silverman, Isidore     Simmons, Beatrice O.     Smith, Roy Lee     Smith, William Henry     Smith, William Wayne     Smith, Willie Wilson     Smith, John Lemuel     Smyers, Uriel Victor     Soliz, Rafael     Stanton, Henry Lois     Steed, Netum Hern     Stephenson, Charley Newton     Stinson, Chester Calhoun     Sudduth, Ben Milam     Sullivan, Fred	Taack, John Henry     Tarlton, Henry D.     Tarver, Roy Thomas     Taylor, Albert Theodore     Taylor, Charles Leonidas     Thomas, Arthur David     Thomas, Ranse Esquirgue     Thomas, Binnie E.     Tolliver, Harry Ealy     Tomblin, Jessie     Tramel, James Herbert     Tupman, Frank Arvin     Turney, Henry     Tyler, Oscar B.     Tyra, Henry Burleson     Tyson, John Caton
U	V	W	X
	Vaught, Henry Harrison     Vernon, Jonas Appleton     Villagomez, Guadalupe	Walker, Arthur Marvin     Walker, James Robert     Wall, Earnest Clayton     Wallace, Griffin     Waller, John M.     Walser, Albert Lee     Ward, James Richard     Wardroup, Richard Henry     Wartes, Charley Mervel     Watson, James Washington     Watts, Joseph Jackson     Weaks, William Jackson     Weed, Emmitt Sylvester     White, Elbert Clark     White, Jeff Davis     White, William Arthur     Widner, Robert E.     Willet, James Rivers     Williams, Floyd Hamilton     Williams, Samuel Richard     Williams, Will     Williamson, Willie Wesley     Wingfield, James Isacc     Wood, Theo Henry     Woodley, Melvin     Woods, Wilbur Alexander     Woody, William Jesse     Woolsey, Percy E.     Word, Charles Wilson     Worley, George Earnest     Worthington, George     Wyatt, Jordan
Y	Z
Yates, Griffin Carlie     York, Blewford Emery     York, James Lee     Young, J. C.     Young, James Thomas     Young, Tone	Zuber, Archie Jefferson