Tamon Yamaguchi
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| Native name | 山口 多聞 |
| Born | August 17, 1892 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | June 4, 1942 (aged 49) Pacific Ocean (near Midway Island) |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1912-1942 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
Isuzu, Ise IJN 5th Fleet, 2nd Carrier Division |
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Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞 Yamaguchi Tamon?, 17 August 1892 – 4 June 1942) was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II and an alumnus of Princeton University (1921–1923).
Born in Koishikawa Tokyo, Yamaguchi graduated from the 40th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1912, ranked second out of 144 cadets. As a midshipman, he served on the cruiser Soya and battleship Settsu. After his commissioning as an ensign, he was assigned to the cruiser Chikuma and battleship Aki.
Yamaguchi attended naval artillery and torpedo school in 1915–1916, and was then assigned to the destroyer Kashi.
By 1918, Yamaguchi had been promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to a navigation unit with the naval squadron escorting Imperial German Navy submarines received by the Japanese government as part of reparation payments from Germany at the end of World War I. He then traveled to the United States and attended Princeton University from 1921-1923. On his return to Japan the following year, he served on the battleship Nagato for six months, before graduating from the Naval Staff College with honors in 1924. Yamaguchi was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1924.
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