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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Calley has received more than 3,939,269 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Calley is the 1,435th most popular military personnel (down from 1,165th in 2019), the 4,223rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,826th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 52.04

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

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  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Calley ranks 1,435 out of 2,058. Before him are Nicholas, Count of Salm, Karl von Einem, Anthony McAuliffe, Sergei Shtemenko, Reinhard Hardegen, and Guillaume Philibert Duhesme. After him are Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Alan Cunningham, Alfons Rebane, James Longstreet, Maurice d'Elbée, and Leo Phokas the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, William Calley ranks 300. Before him are Tadao Onishi, Teun A. van Dijk, Nikolay Shmatko, Mulatu Astatke, Jack Nance, and Gisela Hahn. After him are Stanley Kamel, Newt Gingrich, Nahas Angula, Xu Caihou, Hugh Thompson Jr., and Aaron Russo. Among people deceased in 2024, William Calley ranks 200. Before him are Chita Rivera, Gediminas Kirkilas, Jean Petit, Nabil Elaraby, Aribert Reimann, and Frédéric Mitterrand. After him are Jesse Jane, Eric Carmen, Vladimir Aksyonov, Tony Todd, Wu Bangguo, and Edward Lowassa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Calley ranks 4,223 out of 20,380. Before him are John Kitzmiller (1913), Samuel Jones (1880), Paul Wesley (1982), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Michael Brecker (1949), and Robert Cornelius (1809). After him are Stanley Kamel (1943), Robert McKee (1941), Helen Wills (1905), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Thom Mayne (1944), and Joe Johnston (1950).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William Calley ranks 67. Before him are Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Tommy Franks (1945), Kit Carson (1809), Marc Mitscher (1887), Frank Serpico (1936), and Anthony McAuliffe (1898). After him are James Longstreet (1821), Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), James M. Gavin (1907), and William Guarnere (1923).

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