The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Keijirō Hokota

Hokota, Keijirō

Major-General

* 27th of October 1892

† 23rd of October 1944

(鉾田慶次郎)

(ほこた けいじろう)

Promotions

1941-03-01 Colonel
1944-10-23 Major-General (Posthumously)

Service

1939-03-09 1940-12-18 Commanding Officer 16th Independent Infantry Battalion
1942-08-01 1944-03-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Air District
1944-03-01 1944-10-23 Commanding Officer 20th Infantry Regiment
1944-10-23 Killed in Action [Philippines]