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Allison Krause

Case from Kent, OH dated May 04, 1970

Victim Details

Allison Krause

Female

White / Caucasian

Kent

OH

1970-05-04

19

Allison

Krause

06/24/2026

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Allison Beth Krause, a 19-year-old Jewish female student at Kent State University, was one of four students killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard during the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. The shootings occurred as students protested against the invasion of Cambodia and the presence of the National Guard on campus. Krause was shot in the left side of her chest from a distance of approximately 330 feet . A subsequent autopsy revealed that a single bullet entered and exited her u ...
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