Does anyone out there know what 1Y means in military terms ?

Question

The term 1Y was used back in the Veitnam era, for example .... 1A and 4F If anyone knows what 1Y means please let me know, Thanks.

Answer 1

Your question is regarding the Selective Service System (the Draft) ..US Code Title 32, Chapter XVI, Sec. 1630.2.

1-Y = Registrant available for military service, but qualified for military only in the event of war or national emergency

Other Classifications;

Class 1-A: Available for unrestricted military service

Class 1-A-0: Conscientious objector available for noncombatant military service only.

Class 1-C: Member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Public Health Service.

Class 1-D-D: Deferment for certain members of a reserve component or student taking military training.

Class 1-D-E: Exemption of certain members of a reserve component or student taking military training.

Class 1-H: Active Registrant (*All registrants currently in the database have this classifcation)

Class 1-O: Conscientious objector to all military service. A registrant must establish to the satisfaction of the board that his request for exemption from combatant and noncombatant military training and service in the Armed Forces is based upon moral, ethical or religious beliefs which play a significant role in his life and that his objection to participation in war is not confined to a particular war.

Class 1-O-S: Conscientious objector to all military service.

Class 1-W: Conscientious objector ordered to perform alternative service.

Class 2-D: Registrant deferred because of study preparing for the ministry.

Class 3-A: Registrant deferred because of hardship to dependents.

Class 3-A-S: Registrant deferred because of hardship to dependents (separated).

Class 4-A: Registrant who has completed military service.

Class 4-B: Official deferred by law.

Class 4-C: Alien or dual national.

Class 4-D: Minister of religion.

Class 4-F: Registrant not acceptable for military service. To be eligible for Class 4-F, a registrant must have been found not qualified for service in the Armed Forces by a Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) under the established physical, mental, or moral standards. The standards of physical fitness that would be used in a future draft remain undefined. It should be remembered that obesity is more common among young Americans than in other NATO countries that retain conscription. Openly admitted homosexual men are not allowed to serve in the American military.

Class 4-G: Registrant exempted from service because of the death of his parent or sibling while serving in the Armed Forces or whose parent or sibling is in a captured or missing in action status.

Class 4-T: Treaty alien.

Class 4-W: Registrant who has completed alternative service in lieu of induction.

Class 4-A-A: Registrant who has performed military service for a foreign nation.

Answer 2

I was classified as 1-Y during Vietnam for medical reasons. According to government documentation, 1-Y meant that the registrant is available for military service, but qualified only in case of war or national emergency. Usually given to registrants with medical conditions that were limiting but not disabling (examples: high blood pressure, mild muscular or skeletal injuries or disorders, skin disorders, severe allergies, etc.). It was created in 1962. It was discontinued in December 1971 and its members were reclassified as Class 4-F.

I've always told people that my classification meant that I would be used in a hostage transfer situation ...

Answer 3

Many Vietnam Era draftees were classified 1-Y because of drug addiction, including some who had started using drugs specifically to get this classification. The 1-Y classification was ended by law in 1972, and draft boards were required to administratively reclassify those who were then in 1-Y status. Most were reclassified to 4-F, which means unfit for any service.

Answer 4

I had a 1 Y classification for medical reasons, Had Viet Nam conflict be declared war, chances are I would have be activated in some none combat role. . .Out of the fifty plus on the recruitment bus who went to New Jersey from White Plains. . .two of us returned home.

Answer 5

I was arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon a few months before my draft # 33 was announced. I thought for sure they would love a guy like me in Viet Nam but they gave me a 1Y classification. The paper work said "Administrative Reject" Go figure? Let's just say I like explosives and sharp objects. They would have been proud of me!

Answer 6

I was in high school from 1963 to 1966. Many of my classmates got married right after graduation so that their boyfriends - who then became husbands - would be classified 1-Y and would not have to serve during the Viet Nam era.

Answer 7

Yes, I was 1Y. It was a temporary draft deferment for medical reasons. I was declared 1Y when I took my physical for the draft in 1996 because I had a hernia. After I had the surgery for the hernia and it was repaired, I was again called for the draft physical in 1967. I was declared and 1A and drafted. Yes, I served in Viet Nam.

Answer 8

A1Y classification was given for someone who had some relatively mild physical disability that kept them out of the service. it would not keep you out in a declared war or national emergency.

Answer 9

Because of various medical problems, a person would receive a 1Y classification, which meant that they would be called upon to fight if the United States declared war. Vietnam was not a war but a conflict.

Answer 10

1Y was a draft classification for able-bodied men of draft age who were married, with children - to be drafted only for a general call-up in a war declaraton or national emergency. I was 1Y until the draft was eliminated around 1974.