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I had texted my son to ask him number before I published on this -- he didn't have it handy, so I went with the given publish date on that test prep book, figuring that 2006 meant the coding was still valid. Later in the morning I remembered that people had been trying to look up Obama's draft card number via the selective service site -- or rather would like to, but can not without his SSN. So I tried it, saw the new format and immediately posted the correction.

I guessed that the field was broken up into the subfields suggested by "xxyyzzz". The purported-to-be-Obama's middle sequence is 1125539. My son's number is lower than that but in the same ballpark. Yet they are on opposite parts of the country and Obama is twenty two years older. So there's a strangeness there.

I tried to check my own selective service number, but the on-line records only are available for those born on/after 1/1/1960.

What year was your son born in? I have been wondering if the 61 in the BO number is for year of birth.

Also can’t the office who records the registrations be contacted directly so they can explain the meaning of the coding that is currently being used?

Also if the coding has been recently changed does that also indicated that BO made a rather recent registration?

Here is my guess. Suppose Barry Soetero registered for the draft on the date shown and subsequently, as in lately changed his name on the record to BHO. They might say that BHO effectively registered on the date shown. AND the -1 on the end might be the amendment.

Aint that a good guess?