Hugh Clowers Thompson, Jr. was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He is best known for his role in stopping the My Lai Massacre, in which a group of U.S. Army soldiers deliberately killed numerous Vietnamese civilians. Although initially ill-treated in some quarters for their intervention, Thompson and his crew, Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn, were recognized and decorated many years later for their heroism at My Lai. Andreotta had died in combat three weeks after the massacre, and so was honored posthumously. 

April 15th, 1943 in Atlanta  /  Died:   Jan 6th, 2006