You don’t understand Draft Lottery Numbers, do you?
In order for him to be drafted with that number, essentially every eligible man in the entire country in that “year group” would have been drafted.
He may be too young to understand that lottery system. I thank God my brother got a high number. We spent a horrible summer (I don’t remember which year - blanked it out) worrying that he would be drafted - and die needlessly in a war that was not fought to be won.
No I didn’t understand - Looked up and realized the number corresponded to birthday. Makes sense now. Amazing at 55 years old I am still learning things I should have in the public school system.