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In the United States, a total of 2,810,296 men were drafted between September 1917 and November 1918, drawing from the pool of men born on or before 1900.

See also Draft Deferment.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Benjamin	Philosopher	15-Jul-1892	26-Sep-1940	The Arcades Project
Jack Dempsey	Boxing	24-Jun-1895	31-May-1983	Heavyweight champ
Ronald Fisher	Mathematician	17-Feb-1890	29-Jul-1962	Analysis of variance and covariance
Loy W. Henderson	Diplomat	28-Jun-1892	24-Mar-1986	US Ambassador to Iran, 1951-54
Rogers Hornsby	Baseball	27-Apr-1896	5-Jan-1963	The Raj
Franz Kafka	Novelist	3-Jul-1883	3-Jun-1924	Metamorphosis
Joseph P. Kennedy	Business	6-Sep-1888	18-Nov-1969	Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan
Babe Ruth	Baseball	6-Feb-1895	16-Aug-1948	The Bambino
James Thurber	Author	8-Dec-1894	2-Nov-1961	Short story writer and cartoonist

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