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End of Vietnam draft January 27, 1973 - Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces the draft is ended in favor of voluntary enlistment. Nixon changed the draft to a lottery in '71. + 108 others found this useful.
Â· just now. 1  The draft was already in place since the 1940's. In the mid 1960's they changed the draft to a lottery system. 2  no, you had a two year service commitment. but if you extended your tour in Vietnam by 6 months, you could be discharged upon the end of the tour. 3  The draft in the vietnam era had started in 1948. in Vietnam a draftee was expected to serve two years. one in Vietnam the rest state side. People who volunteered were expected to spend 1 year in Vietnam every 4 years or so (I forgot how much time was between deployments my parents were both Vietnam vets.