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My Lai Massacre

1968 U.S. war crime during the Vietnam War
Event massacre Q183421
My Lai Massacre
Ronald L. Haeberle · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

My Lai Massacre is a massacre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of massacre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,859 views/month, #1 of 795).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sơn Tịnh[3]
  • Country: South Vietnam[4], Vietnam[5]
  • Instance of: war crimes trial[6], war crime[7], wartime sexual violence[8]
  • Location: Sơn Mỹ[9]
  • Part of: list of massacres in Vietnam[10], Vietnam War[11]
  • Commons category: My Lai massacre[12]
  • Target: civilian[13]
  • Point in time: March 16, 1968[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mỹ Lai massacre[15]
  • Number of deaths: 504[16], 347[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[18]
  • Perpetrator: 20th Infantry Regiment[19], 3rd Infantry Regiment[20], Americal Division[21]

Why It Matters

My Lai Massacre has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

South Vietnam Vietnam

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → massacre, war crimes trial, war crime +1
    Location → Sơn Mỹ
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → 33853
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: my-lai-massacre, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955446|my lai massacre (#289955446)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
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