What was 4H draft classification and what did it mean?

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What was 4H draft classification and what did it mean?

Answer 1

There was no 4-H classification. Perhaps you are thinking of 4-F.

Here are all the classifications:

1-A - available immediately for military service.

1-O - Conscientious Objector- conscientiously opposed to both types (combatant and non-combatant) of military training and service - fulfills his service obligation as a civilian alternative service worker.

1-A-O - Conscientious Objector - conscientiously opposed to training and military service requiring the use of arms - fulfills his service obligation in a noncombatant position within the military.

2-D - Ministerial Students - deferred from military service.

3-A - Hardship Deferment - deferred from military service because service would cause hardship upon his family.

4-C - Alien or Dual National - sometimes exempt from military service.

4-D - Ministers of Religion - exempted from military service.

4-F - Not Qualified for Military Service due to medical reasons.

The 4-F classification was primarily given to those with muscular and bone malformations, hearing or circulatory ailments, mental deficiency or disease, hernias, and syphilis.