# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-thompson-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:43:02.224Z

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name: "Hugh Thompson Jr."
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description: "Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. was a United States Army helicopter pilot, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai massacre of the South Vietnamese village known as Sơn Mỹ on March 16, 1968, alongside Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn."
tagline: "United States Army officer (1943–2006)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-04-15"
deathDate: "2006-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump