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☆ William Calley, officer convicted for his role in My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, dead at 80
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Chelsea Bailey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While multiple officers were charged in connection with the massacre, Calley was the only one convicted. “Calley and his men rounded up these civilians and then Calley ordered his men to kill them.”The massacre lasted for hours. A ditch in My Lai village, Vietnam, where US troops killed Vietnamese civilians on March 16, 1968. Kham/ReutersThe fragile lineThousands of miles away and 30 years later, those who lost loved ones in the My Lai massacre would tell CNN they were never truly able to move on. “There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai,” Calley said, according to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.

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☆ William Calley, Convicted of Mass Murder in My Lai Massacre, Dies at 80
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

William L. Calley Jr., who as a young Army lieutenant during the Vietnam War was the only American convicted in the murder of hundreds of unarmed, unresisting Vietnamese civilians in the atrocity known as the My Lai Massacre, died on April 28 in hospice in Gainesville, Fla, according to Social Security Administration records. The cause of his death is not publicly available. Family members of Lieutenant Calley did not immediately respond to requests for additional information. His death was first reported by The Washington Post. His death record was found through data shared from the Social Security Death Master File to Lexis Nexis.

Persons: William L, Calley Jr, Calley, Lai, Mee Lye Organizations: Social Security Administration, The Washington Post, Social, Lexis Nexis Locations: Vietnam, Gainesville, Fla

☆ GALLEY GUILTY OF MURDER OF 22 CIVILIANS AT MYLAI; SENTENCE EXPECTED TODAY
▼ + stars: | 1971-03-30 | by ( Homer Bigart Special To The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But prosecution witnesses said that Captain Medina never gave orders to kill civilians. Finally Captain Medina took the stand as a witness for the court. With a hard, steady stare at Lieutenant Calley, Captain Medina said he told his men: “No, you do not kill women and children. Captain Medina said it had taken him two and a half hours to realize that Mylai was unde fended. Captain Medina acknowl edged having tried to cover up the incident.

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