Editing William Calley (section)

== Early life and education ==
Calley was born on June 8, 1943, in Miami, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=William Calley, Convicted of Mass Murder in My Lai Massacre, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/us/william-calley-dead.html |access-date=July 30, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=July 30, 2024}}</ref> His father, William Laws Calley Sr., was a [[United States Navy]] veteran of [[World War II]]. Calley Jr. graduated from [[Miami Edison High School]] in Miami and then attended [[Palm Beach State College|Palm Beach Junior College]] in 1963. He dropped out in 1964, having failed a majority of his classes.<ref name="Average">{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901624,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118114342/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901624,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2007|title=An Average American Boy?|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=May 12, 1969| access-date=January 15, 2007}}</ref>

Calley then had a variety of jobs before his U.S. Army career, including as a [[bellhop]], dishwasher, salesman, [[Economic appraisal|insurance appraiser]], and [[train conductor]].<ref name="Stars&Stripes">Loh, Jules. "[http://25thaviation.org/id299.htm Average Guy Calley Found Niche in Army] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929013942/http://25thaviation.org/id299.htm |date=September 29, 2007 }}", ''[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Pacific Stars and Stripes]]'', December 1, 1969. [[25th Aviation Regiment (United States)|25th Aviation Battalion]], [[United States Army]].</ref>