Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrios San Celestino, Sto. Niño & Sto. Toribio) - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrios San Celestino, Sto. Niño & Sto. Toribio) - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

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.

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.

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

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BARRIO SAN CELESTINO

FULL NAMEAGESEXNATIONALITYADDRESS
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
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65
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25
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[The list below is in a separate sheet in the original, hence pagination is restarted.]

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BARRIO SANTO NIÑO

FULL NAMEAGESEXNATIONALITYADDRESS
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
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85
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24
25
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60
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20
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11
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40
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48
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75
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70
45
40
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65
60
21
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60
57
28
18
65
55
21
17
15
12
45
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M
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FULL NAMEAGESEXNATIONALITYADDRESS
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
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BARRIO SANTO TORIBIO

FULL NAMEAGESEXNATIONALITYADDRESS
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
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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.”
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