Posted on Dec 19, 2016
Lawrence Colburn dies at 67; helped end Vietnam's My Lai massacre
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Rest In Peace Brother. You done good. Both of your wars are over now. Slow Hand Salute.
Lawrence Manley Colburn, a helicopter gunner in the Vietnam War who helped end the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by U.S. troops at My Lai, has died. He was 67.
Lisa Colburn told the Associated Press on Thursday evening that her husband of 31 years was diagnosed with cancer in late September and died Tuesday.
Lawrence Manley Colburn, a helicopter gunner in the Vietnam War who helped end the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by U.S. troops at My Lai, has died. He was 67.
Lisa Colburn told the Associated Press on Thursday evening that her husband of 31 years was diagnosed with cancer in late September and died Tuesday.
Lawrence Colburn dies at 67; helped end Vietnam's My Lai massacre
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Sad story SGT (Join to see). i also posted this story. These men were all heroes to me. Its sad that anyone with that helicopter crew are all gone now. Its even sadder that Americans were even involved in this atrocity.
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Sorry Bill, I didn't know. He must have been really young when he was in Vietnam. This happened in 1968 and he died at age 67. That's only a year after I left and I'm 71now. It made me sad when I read the crew chief died three weeks later.
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I didn't realize there were over 500 civilians murdered. I used to think Calley was used as a patsy, but not anymore. He deserved to be put in prison. His CO did too, but he wasn't charged.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL, He was so young too. He might have had cancer from AO. Thank you Joe.
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