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Ernest Lou Medina (August 27, 1936 – May 8, 2018) was a captain of infantry in the United States Army. He served during the Vietnam War. 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.
May 13, 2018 · Ernest L. Medina, the Army captain who was accused of overall responsibility for the March 1968 mass killings of unarmed South Vietnamese men, women and children by troops he commanded in what...
May 14, 2018 · Medina was acquitted of murder and manslaughter for killing hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1968. He later moved to Wisconsin and worked as a salesman and a real estate agent.
Nov 16, 2009 · Medina was the commander of Lt. William Calley and other soldiers who massacred hundreds of unarmed villagers in My Lai 4, Vietnam, in 1968. He was one of the few who faced trial and conviction for the atrocity, but his sentence was reduced and he was paroled in 1974.
- Missy Sullivan
May 14, 2018 · Published 10:01 AM PDT, May 14, 2018. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Army Capt. Ernest L. Medina, a key figure in the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War, has died in Wisconsin. He was 81. Medina was an Army captain on March 16, 1968, when American troops under his command killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians.
Mar 16, 2018 · On March 16, 1968, Capt. Ernest Medina led his infantry company in an assault on the village of Son My, along the central coast of South Vietnam, as part of a mission to find and destroy a...
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May 14, 2018 · Ernest Medina, an Army captain who was charged with overall responsibility for the My Lai Massacre, when soldiers under his command in Vietnam slaughtered hundreds of civilians, but who was...
