Mary Karen Read, age 19

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

Virginia Tech shooting
Mary died along with Prof. Couture-Nowak and 10 other students in French class.

She was a Freshman from Annandale, VA (born in Seoul, South Korea) Majoring in Interdisciplinary 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.

Photo sources:

• Mary Read
• 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 “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
• 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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• Blacksburg, VA - December 8, 2011
• Blacksburg, VA - August 26, 2009
• Blacksburg, VA - August 26, 2009