Vicente Lim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vicente Lim

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: Calamba, Luzon, Philippines

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1944

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Vicente Podico Lim (February 24, 1888 – December 31, 1944) was a Filipino Brigadier General and hero during World War II.
Lim was the first Filipino graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1914).
Prior to the establishment of the Philippine Army, he served as an officer in the Philippine Scouts (a now-defunct component of the US Army).
During the Battle of Bataan, Lim was the Commanding General of the 41st Infantry Division, Philippine Army (USAFFE).
After the fall of the Philippines he contributed to the Filipino resistance movement until he was captured and subsequently executed. Lim was one of the seven Charter Members of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
He is memorialized in the Philippines' 1,000-Peso banknote, together with two other Filipino heroes who fought and died against the Japanese during the Second World War.