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Artemio Ricarte y García

Filipino: Artemio García Ricarte
Also Known As: "Vibora"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Batac, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Region, Philippines
Death: July 31, 1945 (78)
Kalinga, Apayao, Mountain Province, Philippines (Dysentery)
Place of Burial: Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Immediate Family:

Son of Esteban Faustino Ricarte and Bonifacia Rigonan Garcia
Husband of Agueda de la Cruz Esteban
Brother of Sixto Garcia Ricarte and Yluminada Garcia Ricarte

Occupation: Soldier
Managed by: Stephanie Quiaoit
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About Artemio Ricarte

Artemio Ricarte was the first Commanding General of the Philippine Army in the Philippine Revolution. After the Philippine-American War, he served 6 years in the Bilibid Prison, and was deported to Hong Kong after refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the United States. His family eventually lives a prosperous life in Japan.

When World War II broke out, he returned to the Philippines in support of the Japanese-run government. He died of dysentery, as part of Tomoyuki Yamashita's troop that fell to the advancing Americans at the Battle of Besang Pass.

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Artemio Ricarte's Timeline

1866
October 20, 1866
Batac, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Region, Philippines
1945
July 31, 1945
Age 78
Kalinga, Apayao, Mountain Province, Philippines
1954
1954
Age 78
Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines