Lieutenant-General Kōtoku Satō/佐藤幸徳 陸軍中将

Satō, Kōtoku (佐藤幸徳/さとう こうとく)

* 5th of March 1893 - † 26th of February 1959

Promotions

1932-12-XX Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1942-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1932-12-XX – 1934-08-02 Attached to 11th Infantry Regiment
1934-08-02 – 1937-10-13 Attached to 6th Division
1937-10-13 – 1938-12-05 Commanding Officer 75th Infantry Regiment [Manchuria]
1938-12-05 – 1939-08-30 Commanding Officer 2nd Sector, 8th Border Garrison [Manchuria]
1939-08-30 – 1941-03-01 Commanding Officer 23rd Infantry Brigade [Manchuria]
1941-03-01 – 1941-08-01 Attached to 54th Division
1941-08-01 – 1941-10-15 Chief of Military Affairs Section, 54th Division
1941-10-15 – 1943-03-25 Commanding Officer 67th Independent Brigade
1943-03-25 – 1944-07-05 General Officer Commanding 31st Division [China - Burma]
1944-07-05 – 1944-11-24 Attached to Kwantung Army
1944-11-24 Retired
1944-11-XX Recalled
1944-11-XX – 1945-05-05 Attached to 16th Army
1945-05-05 – 1945-10-XX Attached to Northeastern Area Army
1945-10-XX Retired


1937/1938.

 

Photo from the same time period.

 

Photo from 1942+ time period with the breast star of Pillars of the State https://asiamedals.info/threads/pillars-of-the-state-on-cavaliers.24142/