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Varnado Simpson

1948–1997

United States

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Varnado Simpson (October 7, 1948 – May 4, 1997) was a U.S. Army soldier who participated in the My Lai massacre, where he personally tortured, murdered, and mutilated multiple South Vietnamese civilians. He committed suicide nearly 30 years later.

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