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: 52)

Faerber, Ernest J Serial#: 2179 Address: 1114 Third Draw: 12th Hundred	Fiebig, Arthur A Serial#: 1032 Address: 1401 Broadway Draw: 5th Hundred	Foster, William D Serial#: 3390 Address: 59 Richards Draw: 18th Hundred
Falk, Elmer Serial#: 199 Address: 1024 Tenth Draw: 6th Hundred	Fiedorowski, Frank Serial#: 1780 Address: 628 Sixth Draw: 10th Hundred	Fox, Morris Serial#: 2557 Address: 469 Fourth Draw: 8th Hundred
Falkell, Bert J Serial#: 2549 Address: 341 Fifth Draw: 1st Hundred	Finckler, Leon C Serial#: 2554 Address: 443 First Draw: 12th Hundred	Francke, William J Serial#: 3730 Address: 367 Indiana Draw: 12th Hundred
Falska, Albert Serial#: 546 Address: 823 W Leonard Draw: 17th Hundred	Finckler, Edwin J Serial#: 2553 Address: 443 First Draw: 18th Hundred	Frary, Earl W Serial#: 1783 Address: 826 Fourth Draw: 7th Hundred
Faught, Walter J Serial#: 2833 Address: 211 Mount Vernon Draw: 6th Hundred	Finkelstein, Joseph Serial#: 2835 Address: 210 Winter Draw: 7th Hundred	Frederick, John Serial#: 3392 Address: 134 Winter Draw: 16th Hundred
Faust, Avery A Serial#: 2550 Address: 412 First Draw: 18th Hundred	Finnegan, Leo M Serial#: 40 Address: 1849 Sterling Draw: 18th Hundred	Friar, Philip Serial#: 1784 Address: 649 Davis Draw: 13th Hundred
Feenstra, Jerry Serial#: 548 Address: 909 Courtney Draw: 1st Hundred	Fischer, Edward J Serial#: 1781 Address: 824 Fourth Draw: 8th Hundred	Fria_, Joseph Serial#: 2190 Address: 1003 Bridge Draw: 14th Hundred
Fehrlen, William Serial#: 3384 Address: 115 Gold Draw: 14th Hundred	Fisher, Andrew J Serial#: 2837 Address: 709 Shawmut Draw: 18th Hundred	Fridel, Otto Serial#: 2191 Address: 553 Lane Draw: 9th Hundred
Fehsenfeld, Ernest E Serial#: 2551 Address: 523 Turner Draw: 9th Hundred	Fiteror, Demeter Serial#: 43 Address: 1567 Seward Draw: 2nd Hundred	Friedrich, Walter Serial#: 560 Address: 838 Alpine Draw: 13th Hundred
Fehsenfeld, Robert A Serial#: 2552 Address: 621 Scribner Draw: 16th Hundred	Fitzgerald, David W Serial#: 2184 Address: 1106 Second Draw: 6th Hundred	Frink, George Serial#: 1031 Address: 449 Myrtle Draw: 2nd Hundred
Felchnerowski, Rev. Paul Serial#: 1779 Address: 635 Fourth Draw: 2nd Hundred	Fitzpatrick, Aloysius M Serial#: 2185 Address: 753 Bridge Draw: 18th Hundred	Frisch, Walter F Serial#: 2844 Address: 312 Bridge Draw: 11th Hundred
Fennema, George Serial#: 549 Address: 1140 Jennette Draw: 5th Hundred	Fletcher, Phylo L Serial#: 1034 Address: 655 Eleventh Draw: 11th Hundred	Froman, Willard A Serial#: 2558 Address: 420 Turner Draw: 3rd Hundred
Fenske, Leon W Serial#: 1455 Address: 1059 Front Draw: 1st Hundred	Flicinski, Edward J Serial#: 2186 Address: 560 Garfield Draw: 7th Hundred	Frost, Anthony Serial#: 562 Address: 1010 Alpine Draw: 10th Hundred
Fenske, Walter H Serial#: 1456 Address: 1059 Front Draw: 3rd Hundred	Foby, Fred W Serial#: 3389 Address: 604 Fulton Draw: 13th Hundred	Fuhrman, Emerson J Serial#: 1785 Address: 1532 Fourth Draw: 12th Hundred
Feringa, Louis Serial#: 550 Address: 1123 Fremont Draw: 4th Hundred	Fohler, Charley Serial#: 555 Address: 815 McReynolds Draw: 11th Hundred	Fuller, Harold R Serial#: 2192 Address: 1015 W Bridge Draw: 14th Hundred
Ferwerda, Peter Serial#: 552 Address: 1216 McReynolds Draw: 3rd Hundred	Folger, Albert F Serial#: 3728 Address: 816 Fulton Draw: 5th Hundred	Furmankiewig, Stanley Serial#: 1035 Address: 1122 Muskegon Draw: 10th Hundred
Fex, Ralph V Serial#: 2181 Address: 1058 Second Draw: 2nd Hundred	Fortier, Wilfred Serial#: 2188 Address: 549 Valley Draw: 17th Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:
Feyen, Cent Serial#: 202 Address: 1032 Courtney Draw: 15th Hundred	Fortuin, Peter Serial#: 557 Address: 1011 Jennette Draw: 9th Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:

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