Coral Wong Pietsch
| Coral Pietsch | |
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| File:Coral Wong Pietsch.jpg | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | |
| Assumed office June 28, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William Greene |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. |
| Alma mater | College of Saint Teresa Marquette University Catholic University of America |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/branch |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1974–2007[1][2] |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | Army Judge Advocate General's Corps United States Army Reserve |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War[3][4] |
Coral Wong Pietsch was a Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve. She was also the first Asian American woman to reach the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army.[5]
Biography
Born in Waterloo, Iowa, to a Chinese immigrant father from Canton, China who had come to the United States to start a Chinese restaurant,[1] and a Czech American mother, she grew up feeling different from her peers during the height of the Cold War, often being mocked for the Asian half of her ethnicity.[6] Initially earning a bachelor's degree in theatre from the College of Saint Teresa, and later a master's degree in drama from Marquette University, she went on to attend the Catholic University of America for law school, graduating in 1974. There she would meet her future husband, an army officer who was also attending to become a lawyer.[1]
Commissioned into the Judge Advocate General Corps in 1974, she was assigned to Eighth Army in Korea then to Fort Shafter, Hawaii, completing her active duty requirement, and transferring to the Army Reserves. After active duty, she settled down and began to reside in Hawaii with her husband and became a civilian attorney for U.S. Army Pacific. While a reservist she had been deployed to Johnston Atoll, Japan, the Philippines, Washington D.C.,[1] and Iraq.[3] She was a chair commissioner of the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, with her term expiring while deployed.[7]
On November 1, 2011, President Obama nominated her to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as his replacement for Judge William P. Greene, who had reached the end of his 15-year term.[8] She was confirmed by the Senate as the newest judge of the Court of Appeals on May 24, 2012.
References
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- ↑ "Hawaii Civil Rights Commission - About the Commissioners", URL accessed 08/23/06
- ↑ The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Presidential Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate, 1 November 2011.
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 2012–present |
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- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Living people
- People from Waterloo, Iowa
- Catholic University of America alumni
- United States Army generals
- United States Article I federal judges appointed by Barack Obama
- Women in the Iraq War
- Women in the United States Army
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