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My Lai massacre

My Lai massacre

Incident
The My Lai massacre was a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Tịnh district, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Wikipedia
Date: March 16, 1968
Convicted: William Calley
Coordinates: 15°10′42″N 108°52′10″E / 15.17833°N 108.86944°E
Sentence: Life imprisonment; commuted to three years house arrest by President Richard Nixon
Target: Mỹ Lai 4 and Mỹ Khe 4 hamlets