Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrio Tanguay) - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrio Tanguay) - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrio Tanguay)

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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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NAMES OF PERSONS MASSACRED BY THE
JAPS AT TANGUAY, LIPA, BATANGAS

FULL NAMEAGESEXNATIONALITYADDRESS
1. Raymundo Las
2. Estefana de Silva
3. Gil Mester2
4. Clemente Herrera
5. Alipio Zara
6. Felipe Latag
7. Victor Latag
8. Victoria Latag
9. Cristeta de la Peña
10. Maximo Harina
11. Demetria Dimaculangan
12. Consuelo Cueto
13. Conchita Cueto
14. Francisco Cueto
15. Rosario Cueto
16. Consuela Latag
17. Florencia Latag
18. Adoracio3Latag
19. Leon Leynes
20. Exequiel Laynes4
21. Calixto Leynes
22. Juan Mayor
23. Jose Mayor
24. Alfredo de Silva
25. Amando Leynes
26. Natividad Villanueva
27. Arsenio Sabido
28. Ignacio Mendoza
29. Alfonso Mendoza
30. Miguel Latag
31. Crispina Latag
32. Columbia Latag
33. Anita Leynes
34. Lydia Leynes
35. Cirilo Mesca5
36. Agapita de Silva
37. Jacoba Mesca5
38. Jacinta Mesca5
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40
30
49
23
30
45
15
14
8
37
6
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29
17
45
17
21
17
19
10 mo
47
75
70
38
30
6
3
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Notes & 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 Or “Moster.”
3 Likely “Adoracion.”
4 Likely “Leynes.”
5 Likely “Mosca.”
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