Minal Hiralal "Minu" Panchal, age 26
Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Virginia Tech shooting
Minu died along with Prof. Librescu in Solid Mechanics class.
She was a Masters's Student (first year) from Mumbai, India and her Major was in Architecture.
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.
Photo sources:
- Minal Panchal
- Contributed photo
Also killed were:
- Austin Michelle Cloyd, age 18
- Brian Roy Bluhm, age 25
- Caitlin Millar Hammaren, age 19
- Daniel Alejandro Perez Cueva, age 21
- 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 Lee (Henh Ly), 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
- 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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