May 05 Reblogged
Kent State (cover of Life, May 15 1970).
kent state massacre: 40 years ago today.
Casualties
Killed (and approximate distance from the National Guard):
- Jeffrey Glenn Miller; 20, 265 ft (81 m) shot through the mouth - killed instantly
- Allison B. Krause; 19, 343 ft (105 m) fatal left chest wound - died later that day
- William Knox Schroeder; 19, 382 ft (116 m) fatal chest wound - died almost an hour later in hospital while waiting for surgery
- Sandra Lee Scheuer; 20, 390 ft (120 m) fatal neck wound - died a few minutes later from loss of blood
Wounded (and approximate distance from the National Guard):
- 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
- Thomas Mark Grace 225 ft (69 m); struck in left ankle
- Alan Michael Canfora 225 ft (69 m); hit in his right wrist
- Dean R. Kahler 300 ft (91 m); back wound fracturing the vertebrae - permanently paralyzed from the chest down
- Douglas Alan 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 (died 2007)
- Robert Follis Stamps 495 ft (151 m); hit in his right buttock (died June 11, 2008)
- Donald Scott MacKenzie 750 ft (230 m); neck wound
