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Mass killing in the United States

The Utah prisoner of war massacre (headlined by Time as Midnight Massacre He was 23 years old at the time of the massacre.

On the night of July 7, 1945, Bertucci was out drinking; he drank several glasses of beer. After the midnight changing of the guard, Bertucci waited for the previous watch to go to bed, before he climbed up the guard tower nearest to the officer's quarters, loaded the .30 caliber M1917 Browning machine gun that was mounted at the position, and opened fire on the tents of sleeping Germans. Moving the gun back and forth, Bertucci hit thirty of the forty three tents before being removed from the tower by another soldier. Bertucci was quoted to have said "Get more ammo! I'm not done yet!" Lt. Albert I. Cornell demanded Bertucci come down from the tower. He refused because, "some of them [Germans] are still alive". There was reportedly not enough room in the hospital so many prisoners were treated on the hospital lawn. Otto Bross (b. 16 November 1919), Pforzheim, age 25, single
Ernst Fuchs (b. 19 January 1921), Kirchberg, Rhein Hunsrück, age 24, single
Gottfried Gaag (b. 3 June 1916, Nordrhein Westfalen), age 29, single
Georg Liske (b. 16 August 1913), age 31, wife Antonie Liske
Hans Meyer (b. 29 August 1920), age 24, single
Adolf Paul (b. 5 February 1917), age 28, single
Fritz Stockmann (b. 23 January 1921), age 24, single
Walter Vogel (b. 17 December 1912), Rossach, Franconia, wife Emma Vogel
Friedrich Ritter (b. 13 November 1896) died of his wounds five days later, age 48, wife Berta Ritter. The Piqua Daily Call reported, "Clarence V Bertucci was under mental observation today [July 10] after admitting that he sprayed gun bullets on a group of war prisoners while they slept, killing eight and wounding 19 because he 'just didn't like Germans'." An article from the Chillicothe Constitution Tribune reported that Bertucci showed no remorse about the shooting at a hearing conducted shortly after the massacre.</blockquote>

Although there were rumors that Bertucci committed the murders in order to avenge the death of a loved one in Europe, his mother confirmed this was false. She did, however, tell reporters that she believed his actions were due to an appendectomy he received five years prior to the massacre. She told the New York Times, "something must have happened to him as a result of the spinal injection, otherwise he would never have shot those men." Foregoing a court martial, Bertucci was found to be insane by a panel of military officials, He died on December 2, 1969. On November 12, 2016, a museum on the site of Camp Salina was opened to the public. The Utah prisoner of war massacre is known as the largest killing of enemy prisoners in the United States during World War II.