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General Gregorio Del Pilar

Born November 14, in Bulacan, Philippines. Gregorio del Pilar Sempio was one of the youngest generals in the Philippine revolutionary Forces. He was a general in the Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American war and was nick named boy General due to his youthful age. Gregorio was the youngest general to die during the wars.

Gregorio was the son to H. del Pilar and Felipa Sempio of Bulacan and nephew to Marcelo H. del Pilar a propagandist and Torbio H. del Pilar who exiled from Guam due to Cavite Mutiny involvement. Gregorio was also known as Goyo and he joined the insurgency when war broke out between the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish rule under Andres Bonifacio.

He enrolled at the Ateneo de Manila and lived with his uncle, Deodato Arellano. At the age of 20 years, he graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in where he received his Bachelors degree but the Revolution broke out thus he stopped studying.