There's plenty of information on other websites, and books.
Otherwise, the problem was a "command and control problem."
William Calley was in command of ''Charlie company'' which was the group of soldiers which did the killing. Their victims were more than 200 civilians - mostly women and their children or grandchildren. They soldiers arrived at around 6:00am and the orgy of killing went on for hours....the soldiers even took a break for lunch.
There was an attempt to cover the matter up but when that failed Calley was court marshalled, found guilty but released early after a media fest of sympathy...not for the dead, but for their killers.
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Hoi Lai Estate was created in 2005.
Hiu Lai Court was created in 1997.
Those figures change, based upon the writer's resources: See website: My Lai Massacre.
Former home of the US Army's "Americal Division", Chu Lai is about 50 miles south of Da Nang on the coast.