| #1 |
 Jeffrey Miller |
Jeffrey Glenn Miller (March 28, 1950 –
May 4, 1970) was standing closest to the guardsmen. He
was shot in the mouth by a single rifle bullet. He was facing the
Guardsmen while standing in an access road leading into
the Prentice Hall parking lot at a distance of
approximately 81 meters (270 feet). |
| #2 |
 Sandra
Scheuer |
Sandra Lee Scheuer
(August 11, 1949 - May 4, 1970) was shot through the
throat with an M-1 rifle from a distance of 130 yards
(119 meters) while walking between classes and died
within five or six minutes from loss of blood. |
| #3 |
 Allison Krause |
Allison Krause (April 23,
1951 - May 4, 1970) was shot in the back at about 105
meters (343 feet) fatally wounding her. |
| #4 |
 William
Schroeder |
William Knox Schroeder
(July 20, 1950 - May 4, 1970) Schroeder was killed with
a shot in the back from an M-1 semi-automatic military
rifle. According to reports, he was not taking part in
the Vietnam War protests that preceded the shootings,
but simply walking between classes. |
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This is probably the
most famous picture of the Kent State shootings. It was
shown in all the newspapers and on the television. John
Filo's iconic
Pulitzer Prize-winning
photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio,
a fourteen-year-old runaway, kneeling over the dead body
of Jeffrey Miller
(#1) after he was shot by the National Guard. |