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− | |description = The systematic, cold-blooded murder and butchery of 504 vietnamese civilians including 173 children by a company of 115 US army soldiers. | + | |description=The systematic, cold-blooded murder and butchery of 504 vietnamese civilians including 173 children by a company of 115 US army soldiers. |
− | |website = | + | |website= |
− | |image = My Lai massacre.jpg | + | |image=My Lai massacre.jpg |
− | |image_width = | + | |image_width= |
− | |image_caption = | + | |image_caption= |
− | |type = | + | |type=Massacre |
− | |glossary = | + | |glossary= |
− | |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre | + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre |
− | |wikipedia_protection = | + | |wikipedia_protection= |
− | |spartacus = | + | |spartacus= |
− | |historycommons =http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/my-lai-massacre | + | |historycommons=http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/my-lai-massacre |
− | |occurred = 16 March 1968 | + | |occurred=16 March 1968 |
− | |start = | + | |start= |
− | |end = | + | |end= |
− | |video = | + | |video= |
− | |coordinates = 15.178333, 108.869444 | + | |coordinates=15.178333, 108.869444 |
− | |locations = | + | |locations=Son My, village, Sơn Tịnh District, of, South Vietnam |
− | |causes = | + | |causes= |
− | |constitutes= war crime | + | |constitutes=war crime |
− | |effects = | + | |effects= |
− | |perpetrators = US Army | + | |perpetrators=US Army |
− | |witnesses = | + | |witnesses= |
|fatalities=504 | |fatalities=504 | ||
|injuries=? | |injuries=? | ||
+ | |latitude=15°10′42″N | ||
+ | |longitude=108°52′10″E | ||
+ | |ON_perpetrators=Task force from the United States Army Americal Division 2LT. William Calley (convicted and then released by President Nixon to serve house arrest for two years) | ||
}} | }} | ||
The 26 soldiers charged with the hundreds of murders eventually served a total of only 3½ years under house arrest. | The 26 soldiers charged with the hundreds of murders eventually served a total of only 3½ years under house arrest. | ||
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Revision as of 15:28, 23 March 2017
Date | 16 March 1968 |
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Location | Son My, village, Sơn Tịnh District, of, South Vietnam |
Coordinates | 15.178333, 108.869444 |
Perpetrators | US Army |
Blamed on | Task force from the United States Army Americal Division 2LT. William Calley (convicted and then released by President Nixon to serve house arrest for two years) |
Type | Massacre |
Deaths | 504 |
Injured (non-fatal) | ?"?" is not a number. |
Exposed by | Seymour Hersh |
Description | The systematic, cold-blooded murder and butchery of 504 vietnamese civilians including 173 children by a company of 115 US army soldiers. |
The 26 soldiers charged with the hundreds of murders eventually served a total of only 3½ years under house arrest.
The Official Culprit
Name |
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Task force from the United States Army Americal Division 2LT. William Calley (convicted and then released by President Nixon to serve house arrest for two years) |
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