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Akinosuke Oka | |
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Native name | 岡 明之助 |
Born | Wakayama Prefecture, Japan | July 5, 1890
Died | February 2, 1943 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | (aged 52)|
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Army |
Rank | Major General (posthumous) |
Commands | 124th Infantry Regiment |
Battles / wars |
Akinosuke Oka (岡 明之助, Oka Akinosuke, July 5, 1890 – February 2, 1943) was a colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army and a commander of Japanese troops during the strategically significant Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was posthumously promoted to major general.