The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Sōji Murakami

Murakami, Sōji

Major-General

* 26th of September 1893

† 18th of March 1955

(村上宗治)

(むらかみ そうじ)

Promotions

1939-03-09 Colonel
1943-03-01 Major-General

Service

1938-02-18 1939-03-09 Senior Adjutant, Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-03-09 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 12th Infantry Regiment
1940-08-01 1940-12-02 Attached to 55th Division
1940-12-02 1942-04-01 Commandant of Maizuru Fortress
1942-04-01 1943-06-10 Commandant of Kumamoto Army Training School
1943-06-10 1944-08-22 Commanding Officer 72nd Infantry Brigade
1944-08-22 1945-02-20 Attached to Eastern Army
1945-02-20 1945-09-XX Commanding Officer 5th Independent Infantry Brigade