This handwritten service record chronicles the military career of a Japanese Army NCO from his mobilization in July 1938 through his deployment with the North China Expeditionary Force, his participation in the Southern Shanxi Pacification Campaign, and his death in action on July 5, 1939, near Jiang County, Shanxi Province, where he was posthumously promoted to sergeant. Compiled as part of a memorial packet for his family, this document exemplifies the detailed record-keeping the Imperial Japanese Army maintained for soldiers killed in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Project: 218280