Cesar Alzona, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Cesar Alzona

Filipino songwriter

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1926

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1997

Profession: military personnel, songwriter

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Cesar Yatco Alzona (September 15, 1926 – June 27, 1997) (born Cesar, a.k.a.
Caesar, Caezar) Laguna, Philippines, was the author of the original first Philippine Marines Hymn.
He also authored another Marine-themed song, entitled "First to Fight." He served valiantly and received much praise as a military leader in the Marine Corps of the Philippine Navy against Muslim terrorists and Islamic insurgents in the southern island of Mindanao during the early years of Philippine independence from the United States in the 1950s.
He was also one of the Filipino military personnel of the Korean war.