Samuel Melville, age 37
Lost to gun violence on September 13, 1971 in Attica, New York.
Photo sources:
- Contributed photo
News sources:
- Sam Melville - Wikipedia
- http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssc/attica/atticareport.pdf
- Attica Prison riot - Wikipedia
- Gun Violence Archive
Also killed were:
- Alfred Williams
- Allen Durham, age 20
- Correctional Officer Carl W. Valone, age 44
- Correctional Officer Harrison William "Red" Whalen, age 37
- Correctional Officer John D'Archangelo, Jr., age 23
- Correctional Officer Richard J Lewis, age 42
- Correctional Officer Ronald D. Werner, age 34
- Corrections Sgt. Edward T Cunningham, age 52
- Edward R Menefee, age 20
- Elliott James “L.D.” Barkley, age 21
- Elmer Hardie, age 57
- Elon Werner, age 63
- Gidell Martin, age 36
- Herbert Walter “Skip” Jones Jr, age 26
- James B Robinson
- John Monteleone, age 41
- Kenneth B Malloy
- Lorenzo McNeil, age 29
- Milton Menyweather III, age 25
- Rafael Vasquez
- Raymond Rivera
- Richard Moore, age 48
- Robert J Henigan
- Santiago Santos, age 29
- Tomas B Hicks, age 31
- William Allen, age 21
- William B McKinney
- Willie Fuller, age 36
- Willie West Jr, age 26
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