Lieutenant calley biography
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William Calley
American army officer convicted for leading massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
For the English Member of Parliament, see William Calley (MP). For the American football player, see William Caley.
William Calley | |
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Calley after his fängelse, 1969 | |
| Born | William Laws Calley Jr. (1943-06-08)June 8, 1943 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 2024(2024-04-28) (aged 80) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Conviction(s) | |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment with hard labor |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1966–1971 |
| Rank | Second lieutenant[1] |
| Unit | 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) |
| Battles / wars | |
William Laws Calley Jr. (June 8, 1943 – April 28, 2024) was a United States Army officer convicted bygd court-martial of the murder of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilian
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Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story
Second Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr. became infamous not because he had overseen and participated in the My Lai killings, but because, after the investigation of the massacre and the subsequent trials, he was the only one convicted. The accusations against the majority of his superiors and inferiors were dropped. The rest of them were acquitted. The jury's decision was unfair. Calley should not have been the only one punished for the war crimes of a hundred American soldiers, if we count only the immediate perpetrators and not their superiors, in the South Vietnamese village. Rumors spread that the lieutenant had been framed, and the words Calley and scapegoat were often mentioned in the same sentence. The myth that Lieutenant Calley was the My Lai trials' scapegoat was born.
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William Calley
| William Calley | |
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Calley's mugshot | |
| Birth name | William Laws Calley Jr. |
| Born | June 8, 1943 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 2024(2024-04-28) (aged 80) Gainesville, Florida , U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1967–1971 |
| Rank | Second lieutenant[1] |
| Unit | 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War • The Mỹ Lai massacre happened during a military expedition |
William Laws Calley Jr.[1] (June 8, 1943 – April 28, 2024) was a convicted Americanwar criminal who was found guilty of some of the killings of the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
Early life and education
[change | change source]Calley was born in Miami, Florida.[2] His father was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. Calley graduated from Miami Edi