Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Rosario, Batangas in 1945 - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Rosario, Batangas in 1945 - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Rosario, Batangas in 1945

Below is a partial list of victims of Japanese atrocities committed in the Municipality of Rosario in 1945. The list was compiled, along with those in other municipalities of Batangas at the time, upon instructions of the Acting Governor of Batangas Fortunato Borbon.

These lists were submitted “in evidence” by the prosecution panel during the trial U.S.A. v Tomoyuki Yamashita1. Batangas History, Culture and Folklore cannot vouch for the 100% accuracy of the list below nor of the others made in other municipalities which will also be posted here. This is not for lack of trying on the part of municipal and barrio officials at the time, but rather because of the general state of confusion that naturally prevailed soon after liberation.

It was estimated that more than 25,000 non-combatant civilians, including women and children, were massacred in Batangas just before liberation in 1945. Many of these were unaccounted for a variety of reasons, foremost of which was that many individuals simply disappeared and were never seen again. This is probably the reason why the lists are meager compared to the actual number of people massacred by the Japanese.

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NAME AGE SEX NATIONALITY HOME ADDRESS
BANAAG, Rufina Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
BAROMLOS, Saturnina 30 F Filipino Barrio Bagong Pooc, Rosario, Batangas
CAPILI, Virginia Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
CARANDANG, Lucio Adult M Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
CASALAM, Maxima Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas

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NAME AGE SEX NATIONALITY HOME ADDRESS
COREO, Demetrio Adult M Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
COREO, Iluminada 10 F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
DALANGIN, Carmen 31 F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
DALANGIN, Iluminada F F Barrio, Bagong Pooc, Rosario, Batangas
DALANGIN, Josefina 9mo. F Filipino Barrio Bagong Pooc, Rosario, Batangas
DALANGIN, Norma 4 F Filipino Barrio Bagong Pooc, Rosario, Batangas
DE CASTRO, Marieta 3 F Filipino Barrio Bagong Pooc, Rosario, Batangas
DE CASTRO, Lolita 1 F Filipino Barrio Bagong Pooc, Rosario, Batangas
DIWA, Angel 10 M Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
DIWA, Donato 8 M Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
DIWA, Felix 12 M Felix Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
DIWA, Laciana 5 F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
DIWA, Socorro 1mo. F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
GARCIA, Ilias Adult M Filipino Namuko Barrio, Rosario, Batangas
ILAGAN, Crisante Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
JAVIER, Porferia Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
LAYLO, Placida 19 F Filipino Barrio Bagong Pooc, Rosario, Batangas
MANIENO, Blandina Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
MANIENO, Patricia Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
MASILUNGAN, Lorenzo Adult M Filipino Namuko Barrio, Rosario, Batangas

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NAME AGE SEX NATIONALITY HOME ADDRESS
MENDOZA, Concepcion Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
MENDOZA, Damian Adult M Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
MENDOZA, Dominga Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
MENDOZA, Miguela Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
RAMOS, Agapita Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
RAMOS, Felipa 10 F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
RAMOS, Leonila 10 F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
RAMOS, Leticia 3 F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
RAVANO, Juana Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
SANDOVAL, Regina Adult F Filipino Barrio Malas-as, Rosario, Batangas
TAWAG, ---------- Adult F Filipino Namuko, Rosario, Batangas
TOLENTINO, Marcela Adult F Filipino Namuko, Rosaio, Batangas
TOLENTINO, Sakce Adult M Filipino Namuko, Rosario, Batangas

Manila War Crimes Trial US Army
Photo taken during the war crimes trials in Manila.  Image credit:  U.S. National Archives.

Notes and references:
1 “Prosecution Evidence, U.S.A. v Tomoyuki Yamashita,” Reel Number 70, Files of the United States Military Commission, 1945, online at the Internet Archive.
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