Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • Foreign Policy My Lai Hero Hugh Thompson Jr. Dies at 62 01-07-2006 • by Jessica Bujol Early in the morning of March 16, 1968, Thompson, door-gunner Lawrence Colburn and crew chief Glenn Andreotta came upon U.S. ground troops killing Vietnamese civilians in and around the village of My Lai. Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: