The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kiyoshi Shigematsu

Shigematsu, Kiyoshi

Lieutenant-General

* 14th of July 1893

† 26th of July 1944

(重松 潔)

(しげまつ きよし)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1943-03-01 Major-General
1944-07-26 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1938-07-15 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer Kwantung Army 2nd Non-commissioned Infantry Officers Cadets
1939-08-01 1941-12-01 Commanding Officer 234th Infantry Regiment
1941-12-01 1943-03-01 Attached to 7th Division Headquarters
1943-03-01 1944-05-27 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 11th Division
1944-05-27 1944-07-26 Commanding Officer 48th Independent Mixed Brigade
1944-07-26 Killed in Action [Guam]