. . "The M\u1EF9 Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: th\u1EA3m s\u00E1t M\u1EF9 Lai [t\u02B0\u0250\u0303\u02D0m \u0282\u0250\u030C\u02D0t m\u01D0\u02C0 l\u0250\u02D0j], [m\u01D0\u02C0l\u0250\u02D0j]; /\u02CCmi\u02D0\u02C8la\u026A/, /\u02CCmi\u02D0\u02C8le\u026A/, or /\u02CCma\u026A\u02C8la\u026A/) was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers from the Company C of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims included men, women, children, and infants."@en .