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: 37)

Zackowski, John Serial#: 2081 Address: 912 Fourth Draw: 7th Hundred	Zeemels, John Serial#: 3618 Address: 85 Summer Draw: 15th Hundred	Zoet, Gerrit J Serial#: 933 Address: 1127 Widdicomb Draw: 4th Hundred
Zajac, Philip Serial#: 3064 Address: 245 Seward Draw: 3rd Hundred	Zelefski, John Serial#: 2091 Address: 703 Fremont Draw: 11th Hundred	Zolenski, Thomas Serial#: 4077 Address: 22 National Draw: 10th Hundred
Zajaczkowski, Joseph Serial#: 4068 Address: 319 Krakow place Draw: 10th Hundred	Zemailaitis, Joseph Serial#: 1366 Address: 1219 Broadway Draw: 5th Hundred	Zomeslei, Joe Serial#: 3619 Address: 74 Mt Vernon Draw: 9th Hundred
Zajdowicz, Boleslaw Serial#: 929 Address: 723 Seventh Draw: 14th Hundred	Zibutie, Frank Serial#: 1367 Address: 1331 Hamilton Draw: 15th Hundred	Zukowski, Stanley Serial#: 934 Address: 436 Diamond Draw: 18th Hundred
Zakarzeski, Wincenty Serial#: 930 Address: 940 McReynolds Draw: 12th Hundred	Zimmer, Edward Serial#: 1368 Address: 620 Crosby Draw: 12th Hundred	Zurawski, Oleslaw Serial#: 3319 Address: 928 Jackson Draw: 4th Hundred
Zalewski, Alexander S Serial#: 2082 Address: 738 Fifth Draw: 6th Hundred	Zimmerman, Ray Serial#: 4075 Address: 149 National Draw: 12th Hundred	Zurawski, Stanley Serial#: 935 Address: 1036 Jennette Draw: 11th Hundred
Zapolnik, Felix Serial#: 3316 Address: 901 Jackson Draw: 11th Hundred	Zimmerman, Albert J Serial#: 2086 Address: 750 Sixth Draw: 17th Hundred	Zvirzdin, Kasimer Serial#: 1373 Address: 1129 Hamilton Draw: 15th Hundred
Zapulnik, Anthony Serial#: 2084 Address: 930 Fourth Draw: 11th Hundred	Zinser, Edward M Serial#: 1709 Address: 912 Scribner Draw: 6th Hundred	Zwonek, Paul Serial#: 2092 Address: 932 Springfield Draw: 16th Hundred
Zaranka, Adam Serial#: 1707 Address: 1145 Front Draw: 9th Hundred	Ziuraitis, William Serial#: 1369 Address: 1304 Hamilton Draw: 1st Hundred	Zychlewicz, John Serial#: 2769 Address: 548 Alabama Draw: 10th Hundred
Zbronski, Mieczyslow Serial#: 2472 Address: 237 Lane Draw: 13th Hundred	Zive, Samuel Serial#: 2768 Address: 416 Fifth Draw: 18th Hundred	Zylstra, Sidney Serial#: 3320 Address: 564 Leonard Draw: 6th Hundred
Zech, Frederick P Serial#: 3317 Address: 361 Indiana Draw: 2nd Hundred	Zlotkowski, Walter P Serial#: 1370 Address: 946 Muskegon Draw: 18th Hundred	Zylstra, Peter Serial#: 1376 Address: 933 Muskegon Draw: 13th Hundred
Zech, Carl W Serial#: 2473 Address: 416 Marion Draw: 4th Hundred	Zoellner, Robert A Serial#: 2090 Address: 870 Fourth Draw: 3rd Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:
Zeeff, Harry Serial#: 410 Address: 1053 Woodrow Draw: 13th Hundred	Zoerhof, Neal Serial#: 4076 Address: 263 Straight Draw: 15th Hundred	, Serial#: Address: Draw:

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