At the bottom right it says “DISQ”. I’m not a veteran but to me that appears there may have been a physical reason for disqualification.
Maybe it could be something like this: ‘mouth too big’; brain too small’
Maybe it could be something like this: ‘mouth too big’; brain too small’
You have to translate the classifications. He originally started his record in July of '64,(at the age of 18) with a student deferrment "2-S". Than continues until November of '66, when he was briefly eligible for immediate service (1-A), then quickly back to defferment. Then, in '68, presumably between undergraduate and graduate school, was again 1-A. THEN, in September of 68, at the ripe old age of 22, he has a physical, and gets classified as 1-Y "available for service", BUT only in the event of war, national emergency, or the like. This was granted to guys with medical conditions that were, ahem, limiting, but not disabling. Examples might include high blood pressure, severe allergies etc. BUT, at this point, he was technically subject to being drafted. The 1-Y classification was eliminated during the Nixon administration at the end of '71, and all of the guys who had been previously classified as 1-Y suddenly became 4-F, medically disqualified. Doubtless, that's the source of the "disq" notation at the bottom of the form.