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Alfred Otto Korn

Based on the details in the file record-image_.jpg, this is a World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Card.

Specifically, this is from the First Registration, which was held on June 5, 1917, and applied to all men aged 21 to 31.

What makes this particularly interesting is that it belongs to the exact same individual from your previous image, Alfred Otto Korn, just 25 years earlier!

Here is a breakdown of the key information recorded on this WWI form:

Registrant: Alfred Otto Korn (Age 25)

Birth Date: December 26, 1892 (Born in Chicago, IL)

Residence: 503 Madison Ave, Norfolk, Nebraska

Occupation: Printer for Huse Pub. Co. in Norfolk, Nebr.

Dependents: He lists a wife and 2 children.

Draft Exemption Claim: He claimed exemption due to "Defective Eyesight."

Physical Description: Medium height, slender build, with brown eyes and brown hair. The registrar's report on the back confirms the defective eyesight claim.

Looking at the two cards together provides a great snapshot of his life timeline. In 1917, he was a 25-year-old printer with young children, claiming a draft exemption for his eyesight. By 1942, he was 49, his hair had turned gray, but he was still working for the exact same employer in Norfolk!

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