Tamon Yamaguchi

Tamon Yamaguchi
Tamon Yamaguchi
	Rear Admiral Yamaguchi (1940–42)
Native name	山口多聞
Born	August 17, 1892; Tokyo, Japan
Died	June 5, 1942 (aged 49); Pacific Ocean (near Midway Island)
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1912–1942
Rank	Vice Admiral (posthumous)
Commands	Isuzu, Ise, 1st Combined Air Group, 2nd Carrier Division
Battles / wars	World War I; Second Sino-Japanese War; World War II Pacific War Attack on Pearl Harbor; Battle of Wake Island; Battle of Ambon; Bombing of Darwin; Indian Ocean Raid; Battle of Midway †; ; ;
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun (4th class); Order of the Sacred Treasure (2nd class) ; Order of the Golden Kite (1st class);

Tamon Yamaguchi (山口多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He subsequently participated in the Battle of Midway, where he was killed in action, choosing to go down with the aircraft carrier Hiryū when she was scuttled after being crippled by aircraft from USS Enterprise and USS Yorktown.