This is the number of troops in Vietnam for each year of the war. The draft lottery was from 1969 to 1971. During those years, the Selective Service used a lottery to determine the order in which draft age men would be called up for duty, usually in Vietnam. Many who received a low number were drafted or chose to enlist. Others went to any extreme to avoid being sent to fight in the unpopular war.
The first number is the year - the next number is the number of troops sent to Vietnam - the third number is the number of troops killed in action.
1960 - 900
1961 - 3,200
1961 - 3,200
1962 - 11,300
1963 - 16,300
1964 - 23,300
1965 - 184,300 - 1864 (number of deaths for years 1961 - 1965)
1966 - 385,300 - 5008
1967 - 485,600 - 9378
1968 - 536,100 - 14,594
1969 - 475,200 - 9414
1970 - 334,600 - 4221
1971 - 156,800 - 1380
1972 - 24,200 - 300
By 1972, an estimated 70,000 draft evaders and deserters were living in Canada
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