Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrio Pangao & Bugtong na Pulo)

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.

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BARRIOS PANGAO & BUGTONG NA PULO

FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

1. Valentin Maralit   2. Exequiel Maralit   3. Pedro Villapando   4. Casinto Lanto   5. Martin Lanto   6. Pedro Lanto   7. Tomas Nodera   8. Urbano Villapando   9. Isidoro Silva 10. Timoteo Villapando 11. Herminio Latorre 12. Pedro Silva 13. Andres Bautista 14. Irineo Martija 15. Domingo Martija 16. Damaso Villapando 17. Antonio de Jesus 18. Pedro Mercado 19. Lazaro Laylo 20. Longino Dimaculangan 21. Pedro Singsing 22. Herminio Mercado 23. Sebastian Martija 24. Simeon Tolentino 25. Fidel Luistro 26. Delfin Dimaano 27. Francisco Tolentino 28. Eludio Maralit 29. Mariano Maralit 30. Juanito Maralit 31. Jose Dimaano 32. Dionisio Babuyan 33. Juan Dimaculangan 34. Reynaldo Rosales 35. Justo Pesigan 36. Teofilo Latorre 37. Jeminiano Latorre 38. Armando Torres 39. Alfredo Torres 40. Carlos Torres 41. Sofio Torres 42. Francisco Latorre 43. Rufino Latorre 44. Ramon Luistro 45. Evaristo Luistro 46. Juanito Dimaculangan 47. Eladio Litan 48. Panfilo Dimaano 49. Francisco Dimaano 50. Anacleto Lalunio 51. Mariano Lingao 52. Ignacio Lingao 53. Servacio Reyes 54. Alipio Lalunio 55. Alberto Lalunio 56. Epitacio Pasajol 57. Marcelo Maranan 58. Alejo Lalunio 59. Benito Pasajol 60. Silvestre Potenciana

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FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

61. Nicanor Dimaano 62. Felix Silva 63. Serbanda Marasigan 64. Marcelino Evangelista 65. Benita Lat 66. Ruben Dimaano 67. Suelo Morcilla 68. Engracio Lat 69. Victor Marasigan 70. Alberto Llanes 71. Tomas Llanes 72. Lorenzo Dimaano 73. Francisco Kalaw 74. Juanito Dimaano 75. Rufino Punzalan 76. Eugenia Punzalan 77. Nelly Dimaano

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Pangao, Lipa, Batangas " Bugtong na Pulo, Lipa, Batangas " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

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.