Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrio Pangao & Bugtong na Pulo) - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrio Pangao & Bugtong na Pulo) - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

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

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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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BARRIOS PANGAO & BUGTONG NA PULO

FULL NAMEAGESEXNATIONALITYADDRESS
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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40
47
29
26
47
37
53
35
30
47
27
30
36
47
16
30
40
14
16
48
56
30
56
45
53
23
35
36
15
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13
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35
21
18
38
34
31
60
13
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38
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18
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23
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FULL NAMEAGESEXNATIONALITYADDRESS
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
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Bugtong na Pulo, Lipa, Batangas
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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.
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