Jeremy Michael Herbstritt, age 27

Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Virginia Tech shooting
Jeremy died along with Prof. Loganathan and 8 other students in the Advanced Hydrology class.

He is from Bellefonte, PA (born in St. Mary's, PA) a Masters's Student (first year) majoring in Civil Engineering (Water Resources).

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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