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|death_year=2009

|certificate=9905

|birth_date=19 January 1915

|death_date=15 December 2009

|birth_place=Washington, D.C.

|death_place=Gaithersburg, Maryland

|branch=United States Marine Corps

|years_of_service=1943– Unknown

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Wilbur Carl Sze (January 19, 1915 – December 15, 2009) was the first Chinese-American to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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== Biography ==

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Wilbur Carl Sze (January 19, 1915 – December 15, 2009) was the first Chinese-American to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

On December 15, 1943, Second Lieutenant Wilbur Carl Sze became the first Chinese-American officer commissioned in the Marine Corps. In early August 1944, Lt Sze accompanied LtGen Robert Khe-Shang-Lim, Chief of the Supervising and Planning Committee of the Republic of China Army, on a tour of Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. From November 30, 1944, until January 29, 1945, Sze trained at and graduated from the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, placing him among the diverse ranks of the Ritchie Boys, a group of intelligence officers and enlisted men credited with obtaining much of the actionable intelligence on the Western Front.

Following the war, First Lieutenant Sze served as the aide-de-camp for Major General Keller E. Rockey, then Commanding General of the III Amphibious Corps while in Tientsin, China.

Sze was married to Mariana Yung-Kwa, the daughter of the former Chinese Consul in Washington D.C.

== Research notes ==

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== Sources ==

* Camp Ritchie ~~class roster~~ (~~classes~~ 1–31), ~~merged~~ research ~~file~~

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_C._Sze Wikipedia: Wilbur C. Sze]

* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data

* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records

* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)

* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

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 |death_year=2009
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+|death_date=15 December 2009
+|birth_place=Washington, D.C.
+|death_place=Gaithersburg, Maryland
+|branch=United States Marine Corps
+|years_of_service=1943&ndash; Unknown
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+Wilbur Carl Sze (January 19, 1915 – December 15, 2009) was the first Chinese-American to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.
+</div>
 == Biography ==
-''Add a biography, family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.''
+Wilbur Carl Sze (January 19, 1915 – December 15, 2009) was the first Chinese-American to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.
+On December 15, 1943, Second Lieutenant Wilbur Carl Sze became the first Chinese-American officer commissioned in the Marine Corps. In early August 1944, Lt Sze accompanied LtGen Robert Khe-Shang-Lim, Chief of the Supervising and Planning Committee of the Republic of China Army, on a tour of Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. From November 30, 1944, until January 29, 1945, Sze trained at and graduated from the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, placing him among the diverse ranks of the Ritchie Boys, a group of intelligence officers and enlisted men credited with obtaining much of the actionable intelligence on the Western Front.
+Following the war, First Lieutenant Sze served as the aide-de-camp for Major General Keller E. Rockey, then Commanding General of the III Amphibious Corps while in Tientsin, China.
+Sze was married to Mariana Yung-Kwa, the daughter of the former Chinese Consul in Washington D.C.
 == Research notes ==
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 == Sources ==
-* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_C._Sze Wikipedia: Wilbur C. Sze]
+* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
+* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
 * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
 * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)