Claim profile

Ernest Medina

US Army officer (1936–2018)

  • Fame50.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia10.3K
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1936–2018, aged 82United States
United States flagUnited States
  • Wikipedia
    10 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1936–2018
    Aged 82
Summary
Updated 2026-06-19

Ernest Lou Medina was a captain of infantry in the United States Army. He served during the Vietnam War. He was the commanding officer of Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry of the 11th Brigade, Americal Division, the unit responsible for the My Lai massacre of 16 March 1968. He was court-martialed in 1971 for his role in that massacre, but acquitted the same year.

Where to find them

Platforms

No platforms connected yet.

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
50.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical9.1
Source confidence55.0
Completeness50.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
—
Receipts

Sources