General Kimura Heitaro, defendant, International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Born 28 September 1888; executed 23 December 1948. Cadet, Military Academy (December 1906); Second Lieutenant, Artillery (December 1908); First Lieutenant (December 1911); Captain (July 1918); Major (August 1923); Instructor, Army Staff College (October 1925); Lieutenant Colonel (March 1928); Colonel (August 1931); Major General (August 1936); Lieutenant General (March 1939); Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army (1940); Vice Army Minister (10 April 1941 — 11 Mar. 1943); Supreme War Councilor (Mar. 1943); Commander, Burma Area Army (Aug. 194L4 — Sept. 1945); General (Mar. 1945). Arrested 17 April 1946. Charged on thirty-nine counts (reduced to seven), found guilty on seven counts; sentenced to death by hanging.