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On the recordSeptember 9, 1963
Nonvolunteers who have attained the age of 19 years and have not attained the age of 26 years and who have a wife with whom they maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes, in the order of their dates of birth with the oldest being selected first.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11119—Amending the Selective Service Regulations

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