Osotogary
11-06-07, 05:33 PM
OleSarge- I thought of you when I saw this list. (To get you riled up a bit. LOL) Please note all those names that are, or have been, decision makers during this ongoing War on Terror. I just so happens that they had draft deferments for the Vietnam War....and I'm not quite sure what this means aside from the curiosity or coincidence of it all.
Draft Deferment: Vietnam
EVENT
Recipients of draft deferments during the Vietnam War era. Note that some of these men enlisted in the armed forces despite a deferment.
A total of 1,857,304 men were drafted between August 1964 and February 1973, drawing from the pool of men born on or before 1955.
Some common Selective Service classifications:
1-A Ready for immediate induction. (no deferment)
1-Y Qualified for military service only in time of national emergency (classification eliminated 10-Dec-1971)
2-S Student deferment (temporary delay)
3-A Extreme hardship to dependents
4-F Unqualified for military service (exemption)
See also Draft Deferment.
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball 16-Apr-1947 NBA records for most minutes, most points
Elliott Abrams Government 24-Jan-1948 Assistant Secretary of State involved in Iran-Contra
Lamar Alexander Politician 3-Jul-1940 US Senator from Tennessee
Muhammad Ali Boxing 17-Jan-1942 Floats like butterfly, stings like bee
Samuel Alito Judge 1-Apr-1950 US Supreme Court Justice
Wayne Allard Politician 2-Dec-1943 US Senator from Colorado
George Allen Politician 8-Mar-1952 US Senator from Virginia
John Ashcroft Government 9-May-1942 US Attorney General, 2001-05
Richard Axel Scientist 2-Jul-1946 Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Gary Bauer Government 4-May-1946 Family Research Council
Bob Beauprez Politician 22-Sep-1948 Congressman from Colorado, 2003-07
William Bennett Government 31-Jul-1943 Former Drug Czar and gambling man
Michael Bloomberg Politician 14-Feb-1942 Mayor of New York City
Roy Blunt Politician 10-Jan-1950 Congressman, Missouri 7th
Bill Bradley Politician 28-Jul-1943 US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
Phil Bredesen Politician 21-Nov-1943 Governor of Tennessee
L. Paul Bremer Government 30-Sep-1941 Director of the Iraq Provisional Authority
George W. Bush Head of State 6-Jul-1946 43rd US President
Richard Carpenter Musician 15-Oct-1946 The Carpenters
Saxby Chambliss Politician 10-Nov-1943 US Senator from Georgia
Dick Cheney Politician 30-Jan-1941 Dubya's VP, ex-CEO of Halliburton
Tom Clancy Novelist 12-Apr-1947 The Hunt for Red October
Bill Clinton Head of State 19-Aug-1946 42nd US President, 1993-2001
Norm Coleman Politician 17-Aug-1949 US Senator from Minnesota
Pete Coors Relative 20-Sep-1946 Coors scion
Howard Dean Politician 17-Nov-1948 Chairman of the Democratic Party
Tom DeLay Politician 8-Apr-1947 Indicted ex-House Majority Leader
Mike DeWine Politician 5-Jan-1947 US Senator from Ohio, 1995-2007
Brian J. Donnelly Politician 2-Mar-1946 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93
David Eisenhower Author 31-Mar-1948 Camp David namesake
James Fallows Journalist 2-Aug-1949 Atlantic Monthly
Bobby Fischer Chess Player 9-Mar-1943 Loony chess grand master
Steve Forbes Business 18-Jul-1947 Owner and publisher of Forbes magazine
Al Franken Comic 21-May-1951 Bow-tied pundit and ex-SNL player
Bob Franks Politician 21-Sep-1951 Congressman from New Jersey, 1993-2001
Bill Frist Politician 22-Feb-1952 US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07
Max Gail Actor 5-Apr-1943 Det. Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller
Dick Gephardt Politician 31-Jan-1941 Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005
Newt Gingrich Politician 17-Jun-1943 Speaker of the House, 1995-99
Rudy Giuliani Politician 28-May-1944 Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001
Al Gore Politician 31-Mar-1948 US Vice President under Clinton
Phil Gramm Politician 8-Jul-1942 US Senator from Texas, 1985-2002
Lee Greenwood Country Musician 27-Oct-1942 God Bless the U.S.A.
Judd Gregg Politician 14-Feb-1947 US Senator from New Hampshire
Arlo Guthrie Musician 10-Jul-1947 Alice's Restaurant
George Hamilton Actor 12-Aug-1939 Well-tanned celebrity
Robert Hanssen Spy 18-Apr-1944 Russian mole inside the FBI
Dennis Hastert Politician 2-Jan-1942 Speaker of the House, 1999-2006
Douglas Hofstadter Author 15-Feb-1945 Author of Godel, Escher, Bach
Brit Hume Journalist 22-Jun-1943 Fox News DC correspondent
John Irving Novelist 2-Mar-1942 The World According to Garp
Ted Kaczynski Criminal 22-May-1942 The Unabomber
Andy Kaufman Comic 17-Jan-1949 16-May-1984 Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler
Alan Keyes Radio Personality 7-Aug-1950 Illinois carpetbagger
Stephen King Novelist 21-Sep-1947 The Shining
Dennis Kucinich Politician 8-Oct-1946 Congressman, Ohio 10th
Ken Lay Business 15-Apr-1942 05-Jul-2006 CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Ron Lewis Politician 14-Sep-1946 Congressman, Kentucky 2nd
Lewis Libby Government 22-Aug-1950 Cheney's former Chief of Staff
Joseph Lieberman Politician 24-Feb-1942 US Senator from Connecticut
Rush Limbaugh Radio Personality 12-Jan-1951 Conservative talk show host
Trent Lott Politician 9-Oct-1941 Republicans' Minority Whip in the Senate
Dan Lungren Politician 22-Sep-1946 Congressman, California 3rd
Jim Marshall Politician 31-Mar-1948 Congressman, Georgia 3rd
Chris Matthews Talk Show Host 17-Dec-1945 Hardball with Chris Matthews
Mitch McConnell Politician 20-Feb-1942 US Senator from Kentucky
Michael Medved Critic Oct-1948 Traditional values oriented film critic
Bob Metcalfe Business 1946 Co-inventor of Ethernet
John Milius Film Director 11-Apr-1944 Conan the Barbarian
James C. Miller III Economist 25-Jun-1942 Conservative economist
Dan Moldea Journalist 27-Feb-1950 Muckraker
Joe Namath Football 31-May-1943 Football player and pantyhose wearer
Ted Nugent Musician 13-Dec-1948 Rock star, bowhunting enthusiast
Bill O'Reilly Talk Show Host 10-Sep-1949 The O'Reilly Factor
P. J. O'Rourke Author 14-Nov-1947 Political satirist
Bill Owens Politician 22-Oct-1950 Governor of Colorado
Gram Parsons Musician 5-Nov-1946 19-Sep-1973 Flying Burrito Brothers
George Pataki Politician 24-Jun-1945 Governor of New York, 1995-2006
John Perkins Activist 1945 Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Dan Quayle Politician 4-Feb-1947 Vice President under George H.W. Bush
Marc Racicot Politician 24-Jul-1948 Governor of Montana, 1993-2001
Robert Reich Government 24-Jun-1946 US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97
Bill Richardson Politician 15-Nov-1947 Governor of New Mexico
Donald L. Ritter Politician 21-Oct-1940 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-93
Dana Rohrabacher Politician 21-Jun-1947 Congressman, California 46th
Mitt Romney Politician 12-Mar-1947 Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07
Karl Rove Government 25-Dec-1950 Turd Blossom
Robert Shapiro Attorney 2-Sep-1942 One of OJ Simpson's attorneys
Ron Silver Actor 2-Jul-1946 Wiseguy
O. J. Simpson Football 9-Jul-1947 Searching tirelessly for the real killers
Richard E. Smalley Chemist 6-Jun-1943 28-Oct-2005 Co-Discovered first fullerine
David Souter Judge 17-Sep-1939 US Supreme Court Justice
Bruce Springsteen Musician 23-Sep-1949 The Boss
Sylvester Stallone Actor 6-Jul-1946 Rocky, Rambo
Ken Starr Government 21-Jul-1946 Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment
David Stockman Government 10-Nov-1946 Ronald Reagan's chief economist
John Stossel Journalist 6-Mar-1947 Libertarian reporter
Tom Tancredo Politician 20-Dec-1945 Congressman, Colorado 6th
Clarence Thomas Judge 23-Jun-1948 US Supreme Court Justice
Garry Trudeau Cartoonist 21-Jul-1948 Doonesbury cartoonist
Scott Turow Novelist 12-Apr-1949 Presumed Innocent
Steven Tyler Musician 26-Mar-1948 Frontman for Aerosmith
Mark Udall Politician 18-Jul-1950 Congressman, Colorado 2nd
Douglas A. Warner III Business 9-Jun-1946 CEO of JP Morgan, 1995-2000
Henry Waxman Politician 12-Sep-1939 Congressman, California 30th
Andrew Weil Author 8-Jun-1942 New age ethnopharmacologist
Bill Weld Politician 31-Jul-1945 Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97
Curt Weldon Politician 22-Jul-1947 Congressman, Pennsylvania 7th
George Will Columnist 4-May-1941 Conservative pundit, baseball lover
Joseph Wilson Diplomat 6-Nov-1949 Ambassador to Gabon, husband of Valerie Plame
Paul Wolfowitz Government 22-Dec-1943 Former president of the World Bank
Steve Wozniak Computer Programmer 11-Aug-1950 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Draft Deferment: Vietnam
EVENT
Recipients of draft deferments during the Vietnam War era. Note that some of these men enlisted in the armed forces despite a deferment.
A total of 1,857,304 men were drafted between August 1964 and February 1973, drawing from the pool of men born on or before 1955.
Some common Selective Service classifications:
1-A Ready for immediate induction. (no deferment)
1-Y Qualified for military service only in time of national emergency (classification eliminated 10-Dec-1971)
2-S Student deferment (temporary delay)
3-A Extreme hardship to dependents
4-F Unqualified for military service (exemption)
See also Draft Deferment.
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball 16-Apr-1947 NBA records for most minutes, most points
Elliott Abrams Government 24-Jan-1948 Assistant Secretary of State involved in Iran-Contra
Lamar Alexander Politician 3-Jul-1940 US Senator from Tennessee
Muhammad Ali Boxing 17-Jan-1942 Floats like butterfly, stings like bee
Samuel Alito Judge 1-Apr-1950 US Supreme Court Justice
Wayne Allard Politician 2-Dec-1943 US Senator from Colorado
George Allen Politician 8-Mar-1952 US Senator from Virginia
John Ashcroft Government 9-May-1942 US Attorney General, 2001-05
Richard Axel Scientist 2-Jul-1946 Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Gary Bauer Government 4-May-1946 Family Research Council
Bob Beauprez Politician 22-Sep-1948 Congressman from Colorado, 2003-07
William Bennett Government 31-Jul-1943 Former Drug Czar and gambling man
Michael Bloomberg Politician 14-Feb-1942 Mayor of New York City
Roy Blunt Politician 10-Jan-1950 Congressman, Missouri 7th
Bill Bradley Politician 28-Jul-1943 US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
Phil Bredesen Politician 21-Nov-1943 Governor of Tennessee
L. Paul Bremer Government 30-Sep-1941 Director of the Iraq Provisional Authority
George W. Bush Head of State 6-Jul-1946 43rd US President
Richard Carpenter Musician 15-Oct-1946 The Carpenters
Saxby Chambliss Politician 10-Nov-1943 US Senator from Georgia
Dick Cheney Politician 30-Jan-1941 Dubya's VP, ex-CEO of Halliburton
Tom Clancy Novelist 12-Apr-1947 The Hunt for Red October
Bill Clinton Head of State 19-Aug-1946 42nd US President, 1993-2001
Norm Coleman Politician 17-Aug-1949 US Senator from Minnesota
Pete Coors Relative 20-Sep-1946 Coors scion
Howard Dean Politician 17-Nov-1948 Chairman of the Democratic Party
Tom DeLay Politician 8-Apr-1947 Indicted ex-House Majority Leader
Mike DeWine Politician 5-Jan-1947 US Senator from Ohio, 1995-2007
Brian J. Donnelly Politician 2-Mar-1946 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93
David Eisenhower Author 31-Mar-1948 Camp David namesake
James Fallows Journalist 2-Aug-1949 Atlantic Monthly
Bobby Fischer Chess Player 9-Mar-1943 Loony chess grand master
Steve Forbes Business 18-Jul-1947 Owner and publisher of Forbes magazine
Al Franken Comic 21-May-1951 Bow-tied pundit and ex-SNL player
Bob Franks Politician 21-Sep-1951 Congressman from New Jersey, 1993-2001
Bill Frist Politician 22-Feb-1952 US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07
Max Gail Actor 5-Apr-1943 Det. Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller
Dick Gephardt Politician 31-Jan-1941 Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005
Newt Gingrich Politician 17-Jun-1943 Speaker of the House, 1995-99
Rudy Giuliani Politician 28-May-1944 Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001
Al Gore Politician 31-Mar-1948 US Vice President under Clinton
Phil Gramm Politician 8-Jul-1942 US Senator from Texas, 1985-2002
Lee Greenwood Country Musician 27-Oct-1942 God Bless the U.S.A.
Judd Gregg Politician 14-Feb-1947 US Senator from New Hampshire
Arlo Guthrie Musician 10-Jul-1947 Alice's Restaurant
George Hamilton Actor 12-Aug-1939 Well-tanned celebrity
Robert Hanssen Spy 18-Apr-1944 Russian mole inside the FBI
Dennis Hastert Politician 2-Jan-1942 Speaker of the House, 1999-2006
Douglas Hofstadter Author 15-Feb-1945 Author of Godel, Escher, Bach
Brit Hume Journalist 22-Jun-1943 Fox News DC correspondent
John Irving Novelist 2-Mar-1942 The World According to Garp
Ted Kaczynski Criminal 22-May-1942 The Unabomber
Andy Kaufman Comic 17-Jan-1949 16-May-1984 Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler
Alan Keyes Radio Personality 7-Aug-1950 Illinois carpetbagger
Stephen King Novelist 21-Sep-1947 The Shining
Dennis Kucinich Politician 8-Oct-1946 Congressman, Ohio 10th
Ken Lay Business 15-Apr-1942 05-Jul-2006 CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Ron Lewis Politician 14-Sep-1946 Congressman, Kentucky 2nd
Lewis Libby Government 22-Aug-1950 Cheney's former Chief of Staff
Joseph Lieberman Politician 24-Feb-1942 US Senator from Connecticut
Rush Limbaugh Radio Personality 12-Jan-1951 Conservative talk show host
Trent Lott Politician 9-Oct-1941 Republicans' Minority Whip in the Senate
Dan Lungren Politician 22-Sep-1946 Congressman, California 3rd
Jim Marshall Politician 31-Mar-1948 Congressman, Georgia 3rd
Chris Matthews Talk Show Host 17-Dec-1945 Hardball with Chris Matthews
Mitch McConnell Politician 20-Feb-1942 US Senator from Kentucky
Michael Medved Critic Oct-1948 Traditional values oriented film critic
Bob Metcalfe Business 1946 Co-inventor of Ethernet
John Milius Film Director 11-Apr-1944 Conan the Barbarian
James C. Miller III Economist 25-Jun-1942 Conservative economist
Dan Moldea Journalist 27-Feb-1950 Muckraker
Joe Namath Football 31-May-1943 Football player and pantyhose wearer
Ted Nugent Musician 13-Dec-1948 Rock star, bowhunting enthusiast
Bill O'Reilly Talk Show Host 10-Sep-1949 The O'Reilly Factor
P. J. O'Rourke Author 14-Nov-1947 Political satirist
Bill Owens Politician 22-Oct-1950 Governor of Colorado
Gram Parsons Musician 5-Nov-1946 19-Sep-1973 Flying Burrito Brothers
George Pataki Politician 24-Jun-1945 Governor of New York, 1995-2006
John Perkins Activist 1945 Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Dan Quayle Politician 4-Feb-1947 Vice President under George H.W. Bush
Marc Racicot Politician 24-Jul-1948 Governor of Montana, 1993-2001
Robert Reich Government 24-Jun-1946 US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97
Bill Richardson Politician 15-Nov-1947 Governor of New Mexico
Donald L. Ritter Politician 21-Oct-1940 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-93
Dana Rohrabacher Politician 21-Jun-1947 Congressman, California 46th
Mitt Romney Politician 12-Mar-1947 Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07
Karl Rove Government 25-Dec-1950 Turd Blossom
Robert Shapiro Attorney 2-Sep-1942 One of OJ Simpson's attorneys
Ron Silver Actor 2-Jul-1946 Wiseguy
O. J. Simpson Football 9-Jul-1947 Searching tirelessly for the real killers
Richard E. Smalley Chemist 6-Jun-1943 28-Oct-2005 Co-Discovered first fullerine
David Souter Judge 17-Sep-1939 US Supreme Court Justice
Bruce Springsteen Musician 23-Sep-1949 The Boss
Sylvester Stallone Actor 6-Jul-1946 Rocky, Rambo
Ken Starr Government 21-Jul-1946 Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment
David Stockman Government 10-Nov-1946 Ronald Reagan's chief economist
John Stossel Journalist 6-Mar-1947 Libertarian reporter
Tom Tancredo Politician 20-Dec-1945 Congressman, Colorado 6th
Clarence Thomas Judge 23-Jun-1948 US Supreme Court Justice
Garry Trudeau Cartoonist 21-Jul-1948 Doonesbury cartoonist
Scott Turow Novelist 12-Apr-1949 Presumed Innocent
Steven Tyler Musician 26-Mar-1948 Frontman for Aerosmith
Mark Udall Politician 18-Jul-1950 Congressman, Colorado 2nd
Douglas A. Warner III Business 9-Jun-1946 CEO of JP Morgan, 1995-2000
Henry Waxman Politician 12-Sep-1939 Congressman, California 30th
Andrew Weil Author 8-Jun-1942 New age ethnopharmacologist
Bill Weld Politician 31-Jul-1945 Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97
Curt Weldon Politician 22-Jul-1947 Congressman, Pennsylvania 7th
George Will Columnist 4-May-1941 Conservative pundit, baseball lover
Joseph Wilson Diplomat 6-Nov-1949 Ambassador to Gabon, husband of Valerie Plame
Paul Wolfowitz Government 22-Dec-1943 Former president of the World Bank
Steve Wozniak Computer Programmer 11-Aug-1950 Co-Founder of Apple Computer