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26-SEP-2003

Chinese LTG Ying-Hsing Wen, USMA Class of 1909

Birth: 1887, China
Death: 1968
CLASS OF 1909 USMA
FIRST ASIAN GRADUATE

CHINESE AT WEST POINT.; Special Act of Congress Admits Four Foreigners to Academy.
WEST POINT, June 15. -- For the first time in the history of the Military Academy representatives of the Chinese Empire were admitted to-day as cadets in the institution. The two young Chinamen, Ting Chia Chen and Ying-Hsing Wen, with Luis Bagran of Honduras and F. Tomas Plaza of Ecuador, will receive instructions with the class of 145 candidates who were received as cadets today.
New York Times
June 16, 1905

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Dave Berry18-May-2013 05:47
Like most Cadets, West Point must have been a special place to him.
Tom Briggs17-May-2013 12:42
Very intresting, Dave ... it would appear that he was an allied student at West Point (Class of 1909) and elected to be buried there. You also have to assume that he was a LTG in Chiang Kai Shek's army during WWII. Must be a very interesting story behind this tombstone.
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