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.
where did a massacre occur on march 16 1968
South Vietnam