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Iwabuchi, Sanji (岩淵 三次)

Date of birth:
March 2nd, 1895 (Sanjō/Niigata, Japan)
Date of death:
February 26th, 1945 (Intramuros/Manila, Philippines)
Buried on:
Yasukuni War Shrine
Nationality:
Japanese

Biography

Rear admiral and war criminal Sanji Iwabuchi committed suicide during the Battle of Manilla in 1945. He was posthumously promoted to vice admiral.

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