MILITARY PERSONNEL

William Calley

1943 - 2024

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William Laws Calley Jr. (June 8, 1943 – April 28, 2024) was a United States Army officer convicted by court-martial of the murder of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Calley was released to house arrest under orders by President Richard Nixon three days after his conviction. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia granted him a new trial, but that ruling was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Calley is the 1,357th most popular military personnel (up from 1,436th in 2019), the 4,673rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,223rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Calley ranks 1,357 out of 2,058. Before him are René Schneider, Murat Karayılan, Bardas Phokas the Elder, Alexander Chavchavadze, Oleg Kalugin, and Shigeyoshi Inoue. After him are Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Magnia Urbica, Gonzalo Guerrero, Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, Stefan Rowecki, and Albert Sidney Johnston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, William Calley ranks 295. Before him are Penny Marshall, Patricia Churchland, Ignacio Ramonet, Ronnie Spector, Peter Sinfield, and Yukio Kasaya. After him are Leo Kinnunen, Valery Nepomnyashchy, Gianni Russo, Nolan Bushnell, Hans Heyer, and Paul Freeman. Among people deceased in 2024, William Calley ranks 230. Before him are Jandira Martini, Alberto Colombo, Józef Szmidt, Frédéric Mitterrand, Peter Sinfield, and Yukio Kasaya. After him are Mircea Diaconu, Wu Bangguo, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Roland Dumas, Frans Janssens, and Galina Zybina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Calley ranks 4,673 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Willard (1939), Herb Ritts (1952), Michael McKean (1947), Faith Hill (1967), Syd Mead (1933), and Paul Mazursky (1930). After him are E. E. Smith (1890), Cathy Berberian (1925), Michael Jai White (1967), Ric Ocasek (1949), Theresa Russell (1957), and Tom Bosley (1927).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William Calley ranks 77. Before him are Lucius D. Clay (1898), George Dewey (1837), David Petraeus (1952), John C. Woods (1911), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), and Alexander Vandegrift (1887). After him are Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), Holland Smith (1882), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), Herman Kahn (1922), and Walter Short (1880).

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