The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shūkichi Kusuyama

Kusuyama, Shūkichi

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of November 1891

† 3rd of December 1941

(楠山秀吉)

(くすやま しゅうきち)

Promotions

1937-11-01 Colonel
1940-12-02 Major-General
1941-12-03 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1934-10-19 1937-10-08 Attached to Main Army Arsenal
1934-10-19 1937-10-08 Staff Officer, Assignments Branch, Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War
1937-10-08 1939-03-09 Commanding Officer 31st Infantry Regiment
1939-03-09 1940-12-02 Chief of Staff, 9th Division
1940-12-02 1941-12-01 Chief of Staff, 1st Army
1941-12-01 1941-12-03 Commanding Officer 17th Independent Mixed Brigade
1941-12-03 Died of illness [China]