US soldier who was ‘face’ of My Lai massacre dies at 80

WILLIAM Calley, who during the Vietnam War led his US Army platoon into the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai and carried out one of the worst war crimes in US military history, has died, according to media reports. He was 80.

The Washington Post on Monday first reported Calley’s death, which happened in April, according to a death certificate the newspaper cited. The New York Times, citing Social Security Administration death records, also reported Calley’s death, but neither paper reported the cause of death.