Washington — The Pentagon has disciplined 16 service members for mistakes that led to the deadly airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Afghanistan last fall, but no one will face criminal charges, the Los Angeles Times has learned.

The punishments follow a six-month Pentagon investigation into the disastrous Oct. 3 attack, which killed 42 medical staff, patients and other Afghans, and wounded dozens more at the international humanitarian aid group’s trauma center in Kunduz.

The 16 found at fault include a two-star general, the crew of an Air Force AC-130 attack aircraft and Army special forces personnel, according to U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the internal investigation.

One officer was suspended from command and ordered out of Afghanistan. The other 15 were given lesser punishments: Six were sent to counseling, seven were issued letters of reprimand and two were ordered to retraining courses.

Doctors Without Borders had informed U.S. and Afghan officials of the hospital’s GPS coordinates numerous times in the days before the airstrike because of fighting in the area, the military has acknowledged, and the facility was on a U.S. list of prohibited targets.

The Americans who repeatedly raked the hospital with heavy fire believed they were targeting a separate building several hundred yards away where several Taliban fighters were supposedly hiding.

Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF for its French name, Medecins Sans Frontieres, is based in Geneva and has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in war zones and during epidemics.

It described the attack on the clearly marked medical facility in Kunduz as a likely war crime. The incident generated an outcry from international aid groups, some of whom demanded criminal prosecution.

Gen. Joseph L. Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, is expected to announce the administrative actions today at the Pentagon, though he will not release names.