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

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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PERSONS MASSACRED BY THE JAPS

BARRIO ANTIPOLO

FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

1. Ruperto Castillo   2. Jose Castillo   3. Marcos Mea   4. Florentino Mea   5. Benjamin Manalo   6. Felipe Manalo   7. Bernardo Manalo   8. Margarito Pisigan2   9. Francisco Pisigan2 10. Eduardo Magsino 11. Zacarias Magsino 12. Antonio Manalo 13. Agapito Tenorio 14. Bernardo Torres 15. Mauricio Torres 16. Valentin Baldonado 17. Felix Garcia 18. Pedro Garcia 19. Eusebio Brosoto 20. Sotero Alcaraz 21. Anastacio Alcaraz 22. Vicente Alcaraz 23. Basilio Defenturum3 24. Alejandro Defenturum3 25. Vicente Alvis 26. Emilio Alvis 27. Feliciano Alvis 28. Esteban Alvis 29. Apolonio Perez 30. Melquiadez Cuenca 31. Juan de la Vega 32. Felipa de la Vega 33. Juan Dequina 34. Pablo Lindo 35. Gaudencio Lindo 36. Eusebio Lubrin4 37. Eusebio Lubrin4 38. Paulino Lubrin4 39. Benjamin Panaligan 40. Pastor Reyes 41. Eustaquio Morales 42. Paquito Morales 43. Patricio Armado 44. Vicente Mendoza 45. Pedro Mendoza 46. Sofio Mendoza 47. Lope de la Peña 48. Andres de la Peña 49. Anacleto Laygo 50. Gregorio Laygo 51. Estefano Tabora 52. Gonzalo Tabora 53. Anacleto Cuenca 54. Sixto Cuenca 55. Elias Cuenca 56. Valentin Cunca 57. Moises Cuenca 58. Florencio Tabora 59. Fransisco Lasin 60. Felix Giran 61. Evaristo Lindo 62. Alejandro Lindo 63. Lope Panganiban 64. Eugenio Panganiban 65. Vicente Leynes 66. Leon Leynes 67. Natalio Garcia 68. Juan Garcia

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FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

69. Felipe Panaligan   70. Hospicio Samonte   71. Francisco Virrey   72. Juan Pateros   73. Isidro Borja   74. Vinancio5Virrey   75. Santiago Sarmiento   76. Marcelo Sarmiento   77. Isidro Lacorte   78. Benito de Castro   79. Claro Llanes   80. Honorio (Enoc) Olan   81. Isabelo Torres   82. Federico Mayor   83. Sebastian Lirag   84. Guillermo Lirag   85. Leon Lacorte   86. Sofio Lacorte   87. Antonio Poce   88. Federico Infante   89. Perfecto Lacorte   90. Melecio Laluces   91. Enrique Flores   92. Arsenio Metica   93. Macario Bala   94. Arcadio Bala   95. Santiago Linatoc   96. Rustico Linatoc   97. Jose Linatoc   98. Sixto Linatoc   99. Abelardo Cuenca 100. Florencio Lacdao 101. Placido Dimaano 102. Emeterio Lacdao 103. Maximo de Castro 104. Francisco Lacorte 105. Felipe Vergara 106. Sofio Kalaw 107. Amado Kalaw 108. Abdon Kalaw 109. Fausto Mauhay 110. Alejo Lacorte 111. Fidel Reyes 112. Apolonio Javier 113. Pedro Cuevas

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FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

114. Faustino Lalucia6 115. Pedro Lasin 116. Valentin Dimaano 117. Bartolome Poce 118. Teodoro Lacorte 119. Rosendo Lacorte 120. Rustico Lacorte 121. Benito Laygo 122. Alberto Laygo 123. Artemio Medrano 124. Luis Laygo 125. Sebastian Laygo 126. Eugenio Panganiban 127. Liborio Medrano 128. Macario Medrano 129. Abdon Burgos 130. Gregorio Burgos 131. Venancio Burgos 132. Tomas Lacorte 133. Simson Lacorte 134. Ubaldo Lacorte 135. Macario Paala

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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.
² Possibly “Pesigan.”
³ Possibly “Difontorum.”
⁴ Possibly “Lobrin.”
⁵ Possibly “Venancio.”
⁶ Possibly “Lalucin.”