Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo
Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo | |
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1944 Army photograph of 1st Lt. Elsie Chin | |
| Birth name | Elsie Chin |
| Born | September 14, 1918 Stockton, California, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Nurse Corps |
| Years of service | 1944–1946 |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
| War | World War II |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal See list |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary Hospital School of Nursing Woman's College of the University of North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Yuen (m. 1946; died 1981) Ben Seetoo (m. 1983; died 2001) |
| Children | 4 |
| Other work | Nurse, Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps Medical translator, National Institutes of Health Technical publications writer, Naval Medical Center Bethesda |
Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo (born September 14, 1918) is a Chinese-American nurse, medical translator, and World War II veteran best known for her service as a first lieutenant in the United States Army Nurse Corps. She was the first Chinese-American to serve in the Corps. In 2020, she received the Congressional Gold Medal.