Today is the 43rd Anniversary of Kent State.

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2. Courtesy of Tahiti Nut in 2009

Remembering May 4, 1970 in Viet Nam -- 24 dead, many wounded.

THOMAS OLIVER AHLBERG, Army - SGT - E5, Age: 19
DEAN L AITKEN, Army - SGT - E5, Age: 20
JAMES GERALD ANDERSON, Army - SGT - E5, Age: 23
DEAN LOUIS BONNEAU, Army - WO - W1, Age: 20
RONALD CHISOLM, Army - PVT - E1, Age: 20
STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERY, Army - 1LT - O2, Age: 23
LEON GARNETT, Army - PFC - E3, Age: 19
JAMES FREDRICK HOPKINS, Air Force - A1C - E3, Age: 20
GEORGE ELLERY HUSSEY, Army - MAJ - O4, Age: 35
TOMMY L KEARSLEY, Army - CWO - W2, Age: 22
FLOYD WATSEL LAMB, Army - SP4 - E4, Age: 20
ARMANDO CERVERA LUNA, Army - CPL - E4, Age: 20
LARRY FRANKLIN MATTINGLY, Army - 1LT - O2, Age: 27
RICHARD WALTER PAQUETTE, Army - SGT - E5, Age: 21
JAMES EDWARD RIMMER, Army - CPL - E4, Age: 22
THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTS, Army - SFC - E7, Age: 35
ALBERT CHARLES SMITH, Army - SSGT - E6, Age: 27
RODNEY ALAN TAYLOR, Army - SGT - E5, Age: 18
EDDIE GEAN TERRELL, Marine Corps - PFC - E2, Age: 20
ROBERT VINCENT THOMPSON, Army - SP4 - E4, Age: 20
WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLO, Marine Corps - SGT - E5, Age: 20
MICHAEL ANTHONY VANCOSKY, Marine Corps - LCPL - E3, Age: 19
LARRY LANCE WATKINS, Army - PVT - E2, Age: 22
DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREY, Army - CAPT - O3, Age: 25
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NOTE: I do not post this to dismiss the deaths at Kent State, they were horrible, but I think we need to add the rest of the American victims from that day. I would add the number of Vietnamese killed that day, but cannot find that number.