Hugh Thompson Jr.
E173399
Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hugh Thompson Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1196962 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Thompson Jr. Context triple: [My Lai massacre, whistleblower, Hugh Thompson Jr.]
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A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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B.
John D. Newsome
John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
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C.
Richard Hudnut
Richard Hudnut was an American businessman and pioneer in the modern cosmetics and perfume industry, known for building one of the first major beauty product empires in the early 20th century.
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D.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
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E.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Thompson Jr. Target entity description: Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
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A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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B.
John D. Newsome
John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
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C.
Richard Hudnut
Richard Hudnut was an American businessman and pioneer in the modern cosmetics and perfume industry, known for building one of the first major beauty product empires in the early 20th century.
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D.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
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E.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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Vietnam War veteran ⓘ helicopter pilot ⓘ human ⓘ |
| action |
landed his helicopter between U.S. troops and Vietnamese civilians at My Lai
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organized evacuation of Vietnamese civilians by helicopter at My Lai ⓘ threatened to fire on U.S. troops if they continued killing civilians at My Lai ⓘ |
| aircraftFlown | OH-23 Raven ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| awardReceived |
Bronze Star Medal
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Courage of Conscience Award ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Soldier’s Medal ⓘ |
| battle | My Lai massacre ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Lafayette, Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
|
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-01-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1968-03-16 ⓘ |
| ethicsRole | lectured on military ethics ⓘ |
| familyName | Thompson ⓘ |
| givenName | Hugh ⓘ |
| hasRole |
rescuer of civilians
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whistleblower ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
books about the Vietnam War
ⓘ
documentaries about the My Lai massacre ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| moralStance | opposed killing of unarmed civilians ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intervening to stop the My Lai massacre
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rescuing Vietnamese civilians at My Lai ⓘ testifying about the My Lai massacre ⓘ |
| occupation |
helicopter pilot
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military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Alexandria, Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
|
| rank | Chief Warrant Officer ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | United States Army (for actions at My Lai, decades later) ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spokeOutAbout | My Lai massacre ⓘ |
| testifiedBefore |
U.S. Army investigations of My Lai
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United States Congress ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Congress
|
| unit | 123rd Aviation Battalion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hugh Thompson Jr. Description of subject: Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.