Because he was a young, healthy US male.
Army
Elvis Presley
Age 23 and served as a tank crewman on a M48 Patton tank with the 1/32nd Armor.
you can't be drafted anymore. A2: It used to be at 18, and only during wartime. They tried to draft before the US was in WWII, and there were protests everywhere. Elvis could have fought the draft, as there was no war (he didn't, though)
Elvis Presley was drafted in 1959 (he was a crewman on a M48 Patton tank with the 1/32 Armor in Europe).
drafted
Army
Army
Yes. In 1958.
Elvis Presley was drafted to the army in March, 1958.
Drafted during the Viet Nam war, but stationed in Germany.
Elvis wasn't drafted at 16 he received his draft notice, which was hand delivered to his home in Memphis Tennessee, the third week of 1957. Elvis was 22 years old at the time. Elvis served in the US Army from 1958 until 1960.
Yes he was drafted in the army.
Elvis Presley
He was in the army, drafted that is.
Elvis was drafted into the United States of America Army which he served from 1958 through 1960.
Elvis Presley was drafted into the US army.