Picture of WWI Asian doughboy

[a6skin9]

Picked this picture up years ago in an antique store in Fredericksburg, VA. Photo is dated September 14, 1918. There are not alot of photos out there with Asians in uniform from WWI. Enjoy.

[BOLO]

he's Chinese

 

I recognize the names

[Bob Hudson]

he's Chinese

 

I recognize the names

 

Agreed - looks like Quan Hong Yuen, who was a cook from Utah (his last name is mispelled as "Yuan" with an "a" in the WWI draft records I found - on the image of the registration card you can see the "Yuen" spelling at the bottom in his signature):

 

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

about Quan Hong Yuan

Name: Quan Hong Yuan

City: Not Stated

County: Summit

State: Utah

Birth Date: 23 Jul 1898

 

 

[a6skin9]

Thanks for the info. I haven't tried to look him up yet, got too many in line ahead of him.

[aef1917]

A few years back, AGM had a really great studio portrait of an Asian-American member of the 2nd Division. The only other one I've seen is a guy peeling potatoes in one of the Osprey books. They're waaaaaay rarer than photos of black Doughboys.

[Mr-X]

Thats a rare pic indeed.

I know I for one haven't seen many Chinese Doughboys in pics.

 

Thanks for sharing