Partial List of Victims of Japanese Atrocities in Lipa, Batangas in 1945 (Barrios Adya & Sabang)

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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BARRIO ADYA

FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

1. Guillermo Mendoza   2. Alejandro Lajara   3. Rufino Cora   4. Demitrio Magsino   5. Apolonio Magsino   6. Cornelio Sarmiento   7. Jose Sarmiento   8. Andres Lajara   9. Atanacio Simbahan 10. Francisco Silva 11. Prudencio Sarmiento 12. Damian Veren 13. Catalino Vergara 14. Carmen Manigbas 15. Anacito Silva 16. Romeo Datiles 17. Romeo Reynoso 18. Margarito Umali

72 68 72 56 31 35 48 80 56 30 41 27 60 75 80 18 20 45

M M M M M M M M M M M M M F M M M M

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BARRIO SABANG

FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

1.Domingo Calingasan   2. Sixto Tapalla   3. Arsenio Africa   4. Bernardo Africa   5. Jose Garcia   6. Dominador Martinez   7. Amado Villanueva   8. Baldomero Recio   9. Pedro de Silva 10. Raynaldo Marquez 11. Conrado Dimaano 12. Francisco Saludo 13. Victoria Saludo 14. Lauro Vibal 15. Rogelio Vibal 16. Celso Vibal 17. Guillermo Dimaano 18. Francisco Bacay 19. Natalio Bacay 20. Felipe Bacay 21. Simeon Ocampo 22. Benedicto de Silva 23. Epifanio Leus 24. Francisco Mea 25. Vicente Sambayan 26. Diosdado Sambayan 27. Eustaquio Sambayan 28. Benito Bravo 29. Barcelisa Tolentino 30. Lydia Bravo 31. Jose Luz y Marave 32. Gregorio Katigbak, Jr. 33. Raymunda Mando 34. Leticia Alvarez 35. Eulogio Marquinez 36. Antonino Magnaye 37. Simon Mea 38. Cristeta Mea 39. Francisco Mendoza 40. Antonio Mendoza 41. Marciana Lasin 42. Dominador del Rosario 43. Antonio del Rosario 44. Francisco Contreras, Jr. 45. Alfredo del Rosario 46. Macario Alvarez 47. Pedro Galicia 48. Pamfilo Receno 49. Simeon Receno 50. Lucio Latorre 51. Josefa de Latorre 52. Manuel Magtibay 53. Agustin Malaluan 54. Maximo Malaluan 55. Vicente Mangubat 56. Hilario Atienza 57. Ernesto Sauz 58. Benigno Abrogina 59. Candida Reyes 60. Concepcion Abrogina 61. Conrado Abrogina 62. Amparo Abrogina 63. Benjamin Abrogina

36 34 33 24 36 40 28 41 33 17 16 52 38 36 12 8 62 45 19 12 52 41 54 48 35 39 43 48 47 18 12 42 61 18 27 51 60 42 43 3 24 30 62 25 24 38 60 50 43 58 52 12 51 18 34 45 40 52 48 28 26 22 20

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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.