Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrios San Celestino, Sto. Niño & Sto. Toribio)
Below is a partial list of victims of Japanese atrocities committed in the then-Municipality of Lipa, Batangas in 1945. For Lipa, because of the numbers, the list is presented by barrio. 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.
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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.
2 Possibly “Tipan.”
It was estimated that more than 25,000 non-combatant civilians, including women and children, were massacred in Batangas just before liberation in 1945. Of these, around 18,000 were said to be in Lipa alone 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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BARRIO SAN CELESTINO
| FULL NAME | AGE | SEX | NATIONALITY | ADDRESS |
| 1. Pedro Malaluan 2. Matias Adaya 3. Magno Adaya 4. Mariano _____ 5. Margarita Torres 6. Encarnacion Metica 7. Lilia Metica 8. Jesus Metica 9. Rizalina Metica 10. Engracia Lucero 11. Rogelio Ligdas 12. Lucita Ligdas 13. Andiano Ligdas 14. Alfredo Dinglasan 15. Valerio Ore 16. Valeriano Dimaano 17. Gregorio Katigbak 18. Dorotea del Rio 19. Mamerto Cabrera 20. Cristina Cabrera 21. Bonifacio Cabrera 22. Esperanza del Castro | 80 50 22 25 19 9 6 4 23 4 1 55 25 60 40 40 65 39 17 8 25 | M M M M F F F M F F M F M M M M M F M F M F | Filipino " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " | San Celestino, Lipa, Batangas " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " |
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BARRIO SANTO NIÑO
| FULL NAME | AGE | SEX | NATIONALITY | ADDRESS |
| 1. Jose Braza 2. Isidoro Braza 3. Igmedio Braza 4. Agapito Perez 5. Alejo Dimaculangan 6. German Mea 7. Pastor Mea 8. Claudio Mea 9. Damian Mea 10. Emilio Mea 11. Lazaro Dimaculangan 12. Doroteo Leyesa 13. Sebastian Mea 14. Santiago Mendoza 15. Toribio Pesa 16. Sixta Braza 17. Carlos Braza 18. Felimon Braza 19. Conrado Braza 20. Martin Dimaunahan 21. Lauro Braza 22. Basilio Dimaunahan 23. Saturnino Dimaunahan 24. Sebastian Dimaunahan 25. Simona Mea 26. Consolacion Latorre 27. Pedro Braza 28. Marcial Braza 29. Santos Braza 30. Cirila Braza 31. Norma Braza 32. Vivencio Braza 33. Natividad Braza 34. Enrique Titular 35. Vicente Titular 36. Tomas Braza 37. Cresenciana Braza 38. Melchor Braza 39. Wenceslao de Torre 40. Tiburcio Dana 41. Quintin de Castro 42. Honorio de Castro 43. Dionisio Saludo 44. Ignacio Saludo 45. Pascual Titular 46. Pedro Titular 47. Pastor Mesa 48. Leon de Castro 49. Basilio Mistas 50. Pascual Herrera 51. Teodoro Herrera 52. Fermina Leyesa 53. Florentino Leyesa 54. Juan Almaria 55. Porfiria Almaria 56. Emeterio Mabilangan 57. Gertrudes Mabilangan 58. Sebastian Mea 59. Teofista Almaria 60. Basilia Mea 61. Natalia Mea 62. Godofredo Mea 63. Sulpicio Mea 64. Maria Dimaculangan 65. Marciana Pesa | 70 40 38 36 40 60 25 12 59 75 31 80 10 45 85 70 19 50 15 24 25 65 60 19 89 45 65 20 15 11 0 7 5 56 19 69 27 18 40 50 48 14 75 45 70 45 40 50 65 60 21 80 55 60 57 28 18 65 55 21 17 15 12 45 18 | M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M F M M M M M M M M F F M M M F F M F M M M F M M M M M M M M M M M M M M F M M F M F M M F F M M F F | Filipino " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " | Sto. Niño, Lipa, Batangas " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " |
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| FULL NAME | AGE | SEX | NATIONALITY | ADDRESS |
| 66. Germana Pesa 67. Vidal Posa 68. Arcadio Mabilangan 69. Maria Osmillo 70. Capriana Mabilangan 71. Concordia Mabilangan 72. Pedro Mabilangan 73. Aurelio Castillo 74. Felipe Mendoza 75. Remegio Mendoza 76. Panfilo Mendoza 77. Juan Lacaran 78. Angel Mea 79. Domingo Amar 80. Candida Mea 81. Felino Mea 82. Victoria Mea 83. Emilia Mea 84. Leon Braza 85. Felipa Mercado 86. Crispulo Braza 87. Candida Braza 88. Matilde Braza 89. Ponciano Perez 90. Alberto de la Cruz 91. Isaac de los Reyes 92. Domingo Atienza 93. Simon Mea 94. Cristeta Mea 95. Francisco Mendoza 96. Antonio Mendoza 97. Pedro Castillo 98. Maria Mistas 99. Emilia Sumadsad 100. Mariano Sumadsad 101. Maximo Sumadsad 102. Alberto Cornejo 103. Teodoro Cornejo 104. Antonino Claner 105. Eugenio de Castro 106. Juan Mendoza 107. Feliciana de Torres 108. Candida Tipen2 109. Salustia Perez 110. Romeo Maniesa 111. Julieta Maniesa 112. Miguel Lindo 113. Basilio Lindo 114. Pedro Sandoval 115. Macario Braza 116. Eufemia Mercado 117. Primitivo Braza 118. Maria Braza 119. Juana Braza | 11 10 40 35 8 6 2 30 31 28 24 28 39 22 18 14 8 3 70 65 29 25 6 30 18 40 30 85 50 45 5 60 45 14 11 8 45 17 25 80 36 110 58 25 2 3 22 18 40 35 30 12 8 6 | F M M F F F M M M M M M M M F M F F M F N F F M M M M M F M M M F F M M M M M M M F F F M F M M M M F M F F | Filipino " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " | Sto. Niño, Lipa, Batangas " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " |
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BARRIO SANTO TORIBIO
| FULL NAME | AGE | SEX | NATIONALITY | ADDRESS |
| 1. Simeon Laylo 2. Proceso Vergara 3. Crisanto Obviar 4. Dionisio Gutieres 5. Paulino Gutieres 6. Serapio Gutieres 7. Pedro Roxas 8. Gregorio Robles 9. Pedro Maralit 10. Filisido Maralit 11. Poroc Balat 12. Napoleon Recto 13. Francisco Tempol 14. Ereneo Balat 15. Erenio de Silva 16. Victor Villanueva 17. Igmidio Omate 18. Isaac Pirili 19. Ruperto Rocaflor 20. Bernardo Cadavia 21. Juan Bautista 22. Filimon Pirili 23. Ignacio Pagkaliwangan 24. Engracio Pagkaliwangan 25. Teofilo Bautista | 58 18 19 21 59 55 50 23 50 22 66 57 58 25 36 41 28 49 52 21 16 19 27 62 31 | M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M | Filipino " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " | Sto. Toribio, Lipa, Batangas " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " |
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| Photo taken during the war crimes trials in Manila. Image credit: U.S. National Archives. |
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.
2 Possibly “Tipan.”