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William Calley, face of My Lai massacre in Vietnam War, dies at 80

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William Laws Calley Jr., the US Army lieutenant who led the platoon responsible for the My Lai massacre, died at the age of 80. The My Lai massacre, which occurred in 1968, resulted in the deaths of at least 347 unarmed Vietnamese villagers, including the youngest confirmed victim who was 10 years old. The US military reported that 24 entire families were killed. The massacre was one of the worst war crimes in American military history. Calley was court-martialed and convicted in 1971, but he lived in obscurity for decades after the incident.

  1. GBThe Times
    1. William Calley, US soldier convicted over My Lai massacre
  2. CACTV News
    1. William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed U.S. military in Vietnam, has died
  3. GBThe Guardian
    1. William Laws Calley, face of My Lai massacre in Vietnam War, dead at 80
  4. GBBBC
    1. William Calley, who led My Lai massacre, dead at 80

sources

  1. 1.The Times
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.BBC
  5. 5.Associated Press
  6. 6.Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
  7. 7.New Yorker
  8. 8.New York Times
  9. 9.Washington Post

perspectives

  1. 1.Obituary
  2. 2.War Crimes
  3. 3.Vietnam war

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS
  2. 2.Viet NamVN

organizations

  1. 1.Viet Congs
  2. 2.Harvard Law School
  3. 3.PentagonUS
  4. 4.US ArmyUS

persons

  1. 1.Richard Nixon
  2. 2.Seymour Hersh
  3. 3.William Laws Calley III

technicals

  1. 1.Algerian War
  2. 2.Vietnam War
  3. 3.Cold War
  4. 4.Fort Moore
William Calley, face of My Lai massacre in Vietnam War, dies at 80