Daniel Alejandro Perez Cueva, age 21
Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Virginia Tech shooting
Daniel died along with Prof. Couture-Nowak and 10 other students in French class.
He was born in Peru and grew up in Woodbridge, VA. He was a Junior Majoring in International Studies.
Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide.
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Also killed were:
- Austin Michelle Cloyd, age 18
- Brian Roy Bluhm, age 25
- Caitlin Millar Hammaren, age 19
- Daniel Patrick O'Neil, age 22
- Dr. Christopher James “Jamie” Bishop, age 35
- Dr. Gobichettipalayam Vasudevan"G. V." Loganathan, age 53
- Dr. Kevin Patrick Granata, age 45
- Dr. Liviu Librescu, age 76
- Emily Jane Hilscher, age 19
- Erin Nicole Peterson, age 18
- Henry Jake “Henh Ly” Lee, age 20
- Jarrett Lee Lane, age 22
- Jeremy Michael Herbstritt, age 27
- Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, age 49
- Juan Ramon Ortiz, age 26
- Julia Kathleen Pryde, age 23
- Lauren Ashley McCain, age 20
- Leslie Geraldine Sherman, age 20
- Mary Karen Read, age 19
- Matthew Gregory "Matt" Gwaltney, age 24
- Matthew Joseph La Porte, age 20
- Maxine "Max" Shelly Turner, age 22
- Michael Steven Pohle, Jr., age 23
- Minal Hiralal "Minu" Panchal, age 26
- Nicole Regina White, age 20
- Partahi Mamora Halomoan "Mora" Lumbantoruan, age 34
- Rachael Elizabeth Hill, age 18
- Reema Joseph Samaha, age 18
- Ross Abdallah Alameddine, age 20
- Ryan Christopher Clark, age 22
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