Sơn Mỹ Memorial

The Sơn Mỹ Memorial (Di tích Sơn Mỹ) is a memorial to victims of the My Lai Massacre in Son My, Vietnam. The monument was sculpted and donated by Vietnamese artist Ho Thu, husband of Vo Thi Lien, who was one of the few survivors of the atrocity. She was only 13 years old at the time.^{[citation needed]}

The monument, built in 1978, is located within the outdoor compound of the Son My Vestige Site, a museum dedicated to commemorating the massacre, located in the former hamlet of Tư Cung in Tịnh Khê village, Sơn Tịnh District, Quảng Ngãi province. U.S. soldiers killed between 347 and 504 Vietnamese in this area on 16 March 1968. At the time, Sơn Mỹ was a village that included Mỹ Lai and several other hamlets. Because Mỹ Lai was not the only hamlet involved, the Vietnamese media refers to the event as the "Sơn Mỹ massacre".^[1]

At the time of the incident, Sơn Mỹ was divided into four hamlets: Mỹ Lai, Co Luy, My Khe, and Tư Cung.^[2] The U.S. army designated the various sectors of each hamlet in the form My Lai (1), My Lai (2), etc. The massacre took place most notably in My Lai (4) (Xom Lang subhamlet) and in My Khe (4) (My Hoi subhamlet), but also in My Lai (5) (Binh Dong and Binh Tay subhamlets) and in Tư Cung.

In 2003, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced an 11.7 billion đồng contract to upgrade the building.^{[citation needed]}

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External links

• Footprints at My Lai – traveler's report about visiting Sơn Mỹ Memorial
• Son My Memorial – Lonely Planet