First Draft Army (WWI Draft) Grand Rapids, MI Compiled by: Tena Puisis Website/Database design by: Richard Gostautas All databases are copyrighted © 1999-2024 by LGGS. Commercial use or reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited.

The following database was compiled from a copy of the Grand Rapids Press of Grand Rapids Michigan on July 20 and July 21, 1917. Grand Rapids was responsible for supplying 204 soldiers by draft to fill its army quota of 1445 men. This number was relatively small as 1241 local boys had already enlisted. Each ward was responsible for supplying approximately 1/3 of the 204 soldiers. "It is sure therefore that all these named among the 1st hundred drawn are drafted and must go to war unless exempted later on. The expected exemption will render considerably more than the first hundred from this ward liable to service in the first draft army. The names are given in the order in which the serial numbers were drawn. The 1st ward embraces all of the west side of Grand Rapids from the river to the western limits."

The order of the draws are listed as "1st Hundred, 2nd Hundred, 3rd Hundred, etc." In some cases, not all the draws have exactly 100 people as there were some duplications removed. However, the order listed in this database is the order in which the serial# of the draftee was drawn in each set and thus not in alphabetical order. To find a surname of interest, click on the letter of the first letter of the surname. You can return to the original listing by clicking on the link "Original View".

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NOTE: These listings are for the 1st Ward only.

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(Total Number of Records in Database: 16)

Eaton, William W Serial#: 194 Address: 1256 Frederick Draw: 3rd Hundred	Emorey, Claude W Serial#: 3718 Address: 900 Hovey Draw: 11th Hundred	Evarts, Gordon B Serial#: 3383 Address: 106 Valley Draw: 1st Hundred
Eddy, Orno G Serial#: 1028 Address: 823 Broadway Draw: 16th Hundred	Englishman, Peter Serial#: 2177 Address: 417 Roselle Draw: 9th Hundred	Evarts, Jay L Serial#: 2178 Address: 507 Lincoln Draw: 13th Hundred
Eifer, Konstanty Serial#: 2831 Address: 208 Lexington Draw: 16th Hundred	Erhardt, John F Serial#: 2548 Address: 337 Sixth Draw: 8th Hundred	Everet, Stephen Serial#: 3722 Address: 1043 Pulawski Draw: 7th Hundred
Ekwert, Stanley Serial#: 3715 Address: 1032 Park Draw: 4th Hundred	Erhardt, Anthony J Serial#: 2546 Address: 623 Front Draw: 9th Hundred	Evert, Toney Serial#: 3721 Address: 1043 Pulawski Draw: 1st Hundred
Elkins, William H Serial#: 542 Address: 1424 Alpine Draw: 3rd Hundred	Erickson, Fred J Serial#: 1453 Address: 1305 Scribner Draw: 16th Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:
Elzinga, Cornelius Serial#: 544 Address: 826 Courtney Draw: 14th Hundred	Esch, Edward J Serial#: 3382 Address: 715 California Draw: 1st Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:

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