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May 4, 1970
38 years ago today, college students sought to protest an immoral and illegal war.
Killed (and approximate distance from the National Guard):
- Allison Krause 343 ft. (105 m); fatal left chest wound
- Jeffrey Glen Miller 265 ft. (81 m); shot through the mouth - killed instantly
- Sandra Lee Scheuer 390 ft. (119 m); fatal neck wound
- William Knox Schroeder 382 ft. (116 m); fatal chest wound
Wounded (and approximate distance from the National Guard):
- Thomas Mark Grace 225 ft. (69 m); struck in left ankle
- Joseph Lewis Jr. 71 ft. (22 m); hit twice in the right abdomen and left lower leg
- John R. Cleary 110 ft. (34 m); upper left chest wound
- Alan Canfora 225 ft. (69 m); hit in his right wrist
- Dean Kahler 300 ft. (91 m); back wound fracturing the vertebrae - permanently paralyzed from the chest down
- Douglas Wrentmore 329 ft. (100 m); hit in his right knee
- James Dennis Russell 375 ft. (114 m); hit in his right thigh from a bullet and in the right forehead by birdshot - both wounds minor
- Robert Stamps 495 ft. (151 m); hit in his right buttock
- Donald Scott MacKenzie 750 ft. (229 m); neck wound
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre,[2][3][4] occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by members of the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Four students were killed and nine others wounded, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[5]
Some of the students who were shot were protesting the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30. However, other students who were shot were merely walking nearby or observing the protest at a distance.[6][7]
There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of eight million students, and the event further divided the country along political lines.
From Wikipedia.
Comments (5)
Was Gov. Rhodes responsible for sending the Ohio National Guard?
My cousin graduated from Kent State much later.
May 4, 2008 11:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
Forgot the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
May 4, 2008 12:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
There is another campus shooting incident that took place two years earlier, now known as the "Orangeburg Massacre."
May 4, 2008 12:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
May 4, 2008 12:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for this reminder. Fortunately, I don't think this could happen again, not by sanctioned and legal gun men. Now, flawed gun control laws and refusal to deal with mental health issues threaten students on our campuses.
May 4, 2008 12:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
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