Ernest Medina participated in a massacre.
Ernest Lou Medina -LRB- born August 27 , 1936 -RRB- is a former captain of infantry in the United States Army .. United States Army. United States Army. captain. Captain ( United States ). He served during the Vietnam War and was acquitted in a court-martial of war crimes charges in 1971 .. Vietnam War. Vietnam War. court-martial. court-martial. He was the commanding officer of Company C , 1st Battalion , 20th Infantry of the 11th Brigade , Americal Division , the unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre of 16 March 1968 .. Company. Company ( military unit ). Battalion. Battalion. 20th Infantry. 20th Infantry Regiment ( United States ). Americal Division. Americal Division. 11th Brigade. 11th Infantry Brigade ( United States ). My Lai Massacre. My Lai Massacre. He was court martialed in 1971 for his role in the My Lai Massacre , but acquitted the same year .. My Lai Massacre. My Lai Massacre