<P> The Mỹ Lai Massacre ( / ˌmiːˈlaɪ / ; Vietnamese : Thảm sát Mỹ Lai , ( thâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj ) ( listen ) ) was the Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in South Vietnam on 16 March 1968 . Between 347 and 504 unarmed people were massacred by the U.S. Army soldiers from Company C , 1st Battalion , 20th Infantry Regiment , 11th Brigade , 23rd ( Americal ) Infantry Division . Victims included men , women , children , and infants . Some of the women were gang - raped and their bodies mutilated . Twenty - six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses , but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr. , a platoon leader in C Company , was convicted . Found guilty of killing 22 villagers , he was originally given a life sentence , but served only three and a half years under house arrest . </P>
<P> The Mỹ Lai Massacre ( / ˌmiːˈlaɪ / ; Vietnamese : Thảm sát Mỹ Lai , ( thâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj ) ( listen ) ) was the Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in South Vietnam on 16 March 1968 . Between 347 and 504 unarmed people were massacred by the U.S. Army soldiers from Company C , 1st Battalion , 20th Infantry Regiment , 11th Brigade , 23rd ( Americal ) Infantry Division . Victims included men , women , children , and infants . Some of the women were gang - raped and their bodies mutilated . Twenty - six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses , but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr. , a platoon leader in C Company , was convicted . Found guilty of killing 22 villagers , he was originally given a life sentence , but served only three and a half years under house arrest . </P>
where did a massacre occur on march 16 1968
where did a massacre occur on march 16 1968
South Vietnam
South Vietnam