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

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 BULACNIN

FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

1. Maria Tapas   2. Celestina Tapas   3. Gregorio Bautista   4. Maria Bautista   5. Remedios Bautista   6. Aurelia Enriquez   7. Marquita Enriquez   8. Eufemia Enriquez   9. Conchita Enriquez 10. Urbano Enriquez 11. Virginia Enriquez 12. Martina Dimayuga 13. Remedios Linang 14. Loreta Linang 15. Ruddy Linang 16. Jovita Salute 17. Armando Linang 18. Maria de Lareza 19. Teodora de Castro 20. Rosario de Castro 21. Lydia Martija 22. Pulinado Martija 23. Amado Martija 24. Gloria Martija 25. Natalia Magsino 26. Gregorio Bautista 27. Jovita Bautista 28. Perpetua de los Reyes 29. Teodora Villapando 30. Natividad Villapando 31.Apolonio Camacho 32. Demetria Camacho 33. Eugenia Martija 34. Plaviana de Luna 35. Rosila Katigbak 36. Amado Katigbak 37. Juliana de Luna 38. Sotero de Luna 39. Emeterio de Lareza 40. Conchita de Lareza 41. Simeona Linang 42. Ireneo Katigbak 43. Baldomero Katigbak 44. Teresita Katigbak 45. Marcela Camatcho2 46. Romana Magsino 47. Nelly de Lareza 48. Juanito de Lareza 49. Erlinda de Lareza 50. Adelaida de Lareza 51. Eufemia de Lareza 52. Maria de Lareza 53. Feliciana Camatcho2 54. Lauro Camatcho2 55. Beatris Valencia 56. Luciana Africa 57. Iluminada Africa 58. Irinea Africa 59. Maria Dimayuga 60. Antera Lorit 61. Alberto Dimayuga 62. Felisa Par 63. Leonora Africa 64. Consuelo Cueto 65. Conchita Cueto 66. Francisco Cueto 67. Rosario Cueto 68. Consuelo Latag

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FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

69. Purita Latag   70. Adoracion Latag   71. Pacita Cueto   72. Benjamin Martija   73. Antonio Umali   74. Ulimpia Martija   75. Victorino Camatcho2   76. Leticia Camatcho2   77. Eusebia Tolentino   78. Catalina Martija   79. Corazon Martija   80. Juanito Martija   81. Salustia Martija   82. Josefina Martija   83. Eugenia Martija   84. Avelina Umali   85. Romulo Umali   86. Leticia Umali   87. Maria Martija   88. Juanito Umali   89. Serapia Lubrica   90. Eduvigis Umali   91. Remegio Umali   92. Engracia Umali   93. Leonila Umali   94. Lolita Umali   95. Crisanta Par   96. Apolonio Magsino   97. Encarnacion Magsino   98. Marciano Magsino   99. Lylia Magsino 100. Domingo Umali 101. Marciana Camatcho2 102. Ana Latag 103. Apolonio Par 104. Leonardo Par 105. Fausto Par 106. Albina de Lareza3 107. Asuncion Par 108. Rolando Brezo 109. Natividad Par 110. Leticia Tolentino 111. Jose Umali 112. Romana Magsino 113. Juanito de Lareza3 114. Erlinda de Lareza3 115. Emilia de Lareza3 116. Adelaida de Lareza3 117. Jovita de Larez3 118. Natividad Villanueva 119. Arsenio Sabido 120. Justina Capuloy 121. Ireneo Umali 122. Rosario Umali 123. Rolando Umali 124. Felipa Lucero 125. Julia Diokno 126. Rosita Umali 127. Isidoro Umali 128. Reymundo Llanes 129. Bonifacio Llanes 130. Francisco Rosales 131. Isabelo Malabanan 132. Florencio Eugenio 133. Dando Eugenio 134. Zacarias Bilog 135. Pedro Latayan 136. Maximo Malabanan 137. Crisanto Cueto 138. Bartolome Africa 139. Alfredo Bautista

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PERSONS MASSACCRED BY THE JAPS

FULL NAME

AGE

SEX

NATIONALITY

ADDRESS

140. Melanio Africa 141. Marcelino Africa 142. Antero Llanes 143. Julian Salute 144. Anastacio Diokno 145. Florencio Tolentino 146. Toribio Lorit 147. Jose Bilog 148. Toribio Berja 149. Ventura Garcia 150. Gregorio Garcia 151. Dominador Garcia 152. Pablo Ulan4 153. Silvirio5Bautista 154. Jose Bautista 155. Remegio Balbacal 156. Favio Lovita6 157. Juanito Bautista 158. Cornelia Lovita6 159. Alfonso Garcia 160. Hilario de Claro 161. Juan Ulan4 162. Felisa Garcia 163. Lucio Lacbay 164. Fidel Agor 165. Luis Agor 166. Marcos Agor 167. Tomas Dimaculangan 168. Eufracio de Claro 169. Crispulo de Claro 170. Apolonio de Claro 171. Roman de Claro 172. Romualdo Ramos 173. Juan Cueto 174. Santiago Cueto 175. Isario Mendoza 176. Sebastian Mendoza 177. Eusebia Mendoza 178. Rosa Mendoza 179. Diego Magaling 180. Pedro Capuloy 181. Ventura Capuloy 182. Urbano Ularte 183. Atanacio Magaling 184. Esteban Politico 185. Benito Marcella 186. Hipolita Alcaraz 187. Marcela Breja 188. Maxima Alcaraz 189. Pedro Magaling 190. Benita Breja 191. Consolacion Magaling 192. Nicolas Magaling 193. Ignacio Breja 194. Maria Breja 195. Feliciana Mendoza 196. Esteban Solis

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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 Or “Camacho.”
³ Or “de Laroza.”
⁴ Or “Olan.”
⁵ Or “Silverio.”
⁶ Or “Levita.”