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: 83)

Paanive, Martin Serial#: 739 Address: 931 Courtney Draw: 2nd Hundred	Paulusse, Paulus Serial#: 299 Address: 1015 Pine Draw: 13th Hundred	Pohorivko, Peter Serial#: 3515 Address: 1021 Butterworth Draw: 9th Hundred
Pacific, James Serial#: 3926 Address: 827 Broadway Draw: 2nd Hundred	Pauwe, Peter Serial#: 300 Address: 1029 Courtney Draw: 9th Hundred	Polakowski, John Serial#: 3950 Address: 30 National Draw: 8th Hundred
Paczkiewicz, Tony Serial#: 2966 Address: 319 Seward Draw: 15th Hundred	Pawloski, Adam M Serial#: 2666 Address: 329 Bridge Draw: 9th Hundred	Polkowski, Vincent J Serial#: 1952 Address: 873 Fourth Draw: 9th Hundred
Paddock, John Serial#: 3928 Address: 950 Watson Draw: 13th Hundred	Pawlowski, Mike Serial#: 3932 Address: 323 Krakow Draw: 4th Hundred	Pomarius, Ernest E Serial#: 2675 Address: 719 Broadway Draw: 3rd Hundred
Pakiels, Stanley Serial#: 1940 Address: 919 Fourth Draw: 16th Hundred	Pawlowski, John Serial#: 1243 Address: 762 Sixth Draw: 7th Hundred	Pontiatowski, Harry F Serial#: 3952 Address: 338 Hogadone Draw: 7th Hundred
Palma, Tom Serial#: 741 Address: 1031 Alpine Draw: 5th Hundred	Pcynski, Joe Serial#: 3934 Address: Butterworth Draw: 6th Hundred	Popielarski, Adolph Serial#: 1953 Address: 916 Springfield Draw: 17th Hundred
Palma, Sam Serial#: 297 Address: 1124 Crosby Draw: 7th Hundred	Pease, Roy W Serial#: 3935 Address: 844 Hovey Draw: 16th Hundred	Popielasz, Lukas Serial#: 3953 Address: 1029 Park Draw: 5th Hundred
Palmer, Nathan S Serial#: 3502 Address: 752 Veto Draw: 5th Hundred	Pelak, Albert Serial#: 3937 Address: 1047 Dayton Draw: 11th Hundred	Popuelink, Mike Serial#: 100 Address: 1535 Quarry Draw: 18th Hundred
Palmerlee, Louis M Serial#: 1575 Address: 1223 Turner Draw: 16th Hundred	Perkina, Clyde W Serial#: 3939 Address: 706 Butterworth Draw: 8th Hundred	Porter, Floyd Serial#: 1585 Address: 1343 Front Draw: 6th Hundred
Panfil, John A Serial#: 2952 Address: 159 Lexington Draw: 2nd Hundred	Perl, Leon Serial#: 3940 Address: 328 Gunnison Draw: 13th Hundred	Porter, Claude F Serial#: 2342 Address: 511 Fremont Draw: 9th Hundred
Panfil, Stanley W Serial#: 2953 Address: 159 Lexington Draw: 8th Hundred	Peters, John Serial#: 303 Address: 1128 Lincoln Draw: 13th Hundred	Poselenzny, Joseph Serial#: 2344 Address: 559 Fremont Draw: 13th Hundred
Panoczyk, John Serial#: 2954 Address: 245 Seward Draw: 2nd Hundred	Peters, Rowland J Serial#: 2333 Address: 617 Second Draw: 16th Hundred	Postman, Richard Serial#: 757 Address: 1013 Fremont Draw: 3rd Hundred
Paozkowski, John Serial#: 3933 Address: 319 Krakow Draw: 11th Hundred	Peterson, Samuel Serial#: 305 Address: 1317 Leonard Draw: 9th Hundred	Postmus, John A Serial#: 309 Address: 1317 Leonard Draw: 2nd Hundred
Pappas, Peter G Serial#: 2662 Address: 291 Bridge Draw: 4th Hundred	Petrila, Frank Serial#: 749 Address: 1040 McReynolds Draw: 4th Hundred	Potera, John Serial#: 3955 Address: 941 Butterworth Draw: 11th Hundred
Parady, Edward J Serial#: 2331 Address: 919 Bridge Draw: 4th Hundred	Petroitis, Mike Serial#: 750 Address: 1047 McReynolds Draw: 13th Hundred	Poulias, Anthony Serial#: 2346 Address: 555 Fremont Draw: 16th Hundred
Parbel, Peter Serial#: 2955 Address: 611 Shawmut Draw: 6th Hundred	Petroski, John Serial#: 1221 Address: 1219 Broadway Draw: 6th Hundred	Poulson, Walter C Serial#: 3517 Address: 25 Gold Draw: 14th Hundred
Parish, Joseph F Serial#: 3505 Address: 157 Gold Draw: 1st Hundred	Pettit, Howard C Serial#: 1580 Address: 447 Seventh Draw: 5th Hundred	Powers, William T J Serial#: 3518 Address: 120 Valley Draw: 17th Hundred
Parish, Walter Serial#: 3508 Address: 612 California Draw: 6th Hundred	Phillips, William D Serial#: 2335 Address: 431 Saward Draw: 13th Hundred	Powicki, Louis Serial#: 1955 Address: 831 Springfield Draw: 2nd Hundred
Parish, Lucius J Serial#: 3507 Address: 157 Gold Draw: 17th Hundred	Pickerd, William H Serial#: 2336 Address: 419 Stocking Draw: 5th Hundred	Powlowski, Albert F Serial#: 3956 Address: 323 Krakow Draw: 14th Hundred
Parks, William M Serial#: 744 Address: 1100 Alpine Draw: 15th Hundred	Pieratt, Roy F Serial#: 3512 Address: 620 Fulton Draw: 11th Hundred	Price, Chas Serial#: 1956 Address: 883 Fourth Draw: 5th Hundred
Parmeter, Vern A Serial#: 3238 Address: 838 Jackson Draw: 12th Hundred	Pilarski, Wojcioch Serial#: 3945 Address: 812 Park Draw: 13th Hundred	Price, Walter J Serial#: 1586 Address: 1421 Front Draw: 17th Hundred
Pars, William Serial#: 298 Address: 935 Pine Draw: 3rd Hundred	Pixley, Robert A Serial#: 2674 Address: 333 Bridge Draw: 11th Hundred	Prokopowicz, Alex Serial#: 3520 Address: 845 Hovey Draw: 11th Hundred
Pateras, Deek J Serial#: 3930 Address: 1100 Dayton Draw: 3rd Hundred	Platte, Alfred J F Serial#: 2962 Address: 144 National Draw: 2nd Hundred	Proos, John Serial#: 1227 Address: 1310 Elizabeth Draw: 15th Hundred
Patrick, Floyd B Serial#: 747 Address: 1027 Jennette Draw: 14th Hundred	Platte, Gilbert F Serial#: 3514 Address: 614 California Draw: 14th Hundred	Puchalski, Thadeus G Serial#: 766 Address: 832 Jennette Draw: 17th Hundred
Patt, Leo H Serial#: 1217 Address: 1017 Muskegon Draw: 5th Hundred	Pliszczynski, John Serial#: 753 Address: 1016 McReynolds Draw: 8th Hundred	Pupleois, Joseph Serial#: 102 Address: 1564 Quarry Draw: 10th Hundred
Patt, William Serial#: 1218 Address: 929 Muskegon Draw: 12th Hundred	Poddig, William Serial#: 1947 Address: 622 N. Valley Draw: 16th Hundred	Puppel, Theodore E Serial#: 1957 Address: 620 Milwaukee Draw: 6th Hundred
Paul , Frederick J Serial#: 2665 Address: 417 Broadway Draw: 3rd Hundred	Podgorski, Anton Serial#: 3949 Address: 753 Park Draw: 14th Hundred	Pyne, Stafford M Serial#: 2348 Address: 920 Second Draw: 11th Hundred
Paulisse, John Serial#: 760 Address: 1127 Widdicomb Draw: 5th Hundred	Pogodzinski, Sylvester Serial#: 1950 Address: 1021 Bowery Draw: 7th Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:

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