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: 29)

Narloch, Stephen Serial#: 1924 Address: 635 Fourth Draw: 9th Hundred	Niemeyer, Gerritt Serial#: 285 Address: 1235 Garfield Draw: 12th Hundred	Nowak, John Serial#: 2321 Address: 608 First Draw: 13th Hundred
Nawickas, Peter Serial#: 1199 Address: 1108 Quarry Draw: 14th Hundred	Norburg, Kary S Serial#: 90 Address: 1548 Broadway Draw: 8th Hundred	Nowak, Stanley Serial#: 1198 Address: 541 Eleventh Draw: 15th Hundred
Nawroski, John Serial#: 1201 Address: 926 Davis Draw: 10th Hundred	Nordhouse, Harm Serial#: 3498 Address: 622 Fulton Draw: 7th Hundred	Nowicki, Walter Serial#: 2322 Address: 703 Fourth Draw: 3rd Hundred
Nazarowski, Anthony Serial#: 721 Address: 1010 McReynolds Draw: 3rd Hundred	Nordmark, Henry P Serial#: 3229 Address: 229 John Ball Park Boulevard Draw: 16th Hundred	Nowicki, Michael Serial#: 3910 Address: 339 Indiana Draw: 11th Hundred
Nelison, John Serial#: 284 Address: 1036 Lincoln Draw: 12th Hundred	Norkevicz, Joseph Serial#: 2316 Address: 564 Stocking Draw: 5th Hundred	Nurski, Stanley Serial#: 3231 Address: 1036 Jackson Draw: 16th Hundred
Nelson, Charles A Serial#: 2653 Address: 544 Broadway Draw: 6th Hundred	Norkus, Edward Serial#: 91 Address: 1530 Quarry Draw: 14th Hundred	Nygaard, Jacob Serial#: 2323 Address: 640 Second Draw: 8th Hundred
Nelson, Gustaf P Serial#: 1565 Address: 312 Eighth Draw: 6th Hundred	Novakoski, Peter Serial#: 1929 Address: 626 Sixth Draw: 11th Hundred	Nygaard, Ingvald O Serial#: 2325 Address: 729 Second Draw: 12th Hundred
Nelson, Karl Serial#: 2310 Address: 909 Second Draw: 12th Hundred	Nowacki, Edward S Serial#: 3230 Address: 806 Bowery Draw: 4th Hundred	Nyp, Maynard Serial#: 725 Address: 965 Fremont Draw: 11th Hundred
Newkirk, Arthur S Serial#: 3901 Address: 321 Gunnison Draw: 14th Hundred	Nowak, Kaietan Serial#: 3906 Address: 239 Lane Draw: 7th Hundred	Nyquist, Alfred Serial#: 1570 Address: 1017 Scribner Draw: 4th Hundred
Niedzwiecki, Walierjam Serial#: 2655 Address: 469 Third Draw: 8th Hundred	Nowak, Carl H Serial#: 1205 Address: 1439 Quarry Draw: 8th Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:

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