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

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

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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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PERSONS MASSACRED BY THE JAPS
BARRIO ANTIPOLO

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