Posted on Aug 1, 2016

Mass Murderer - Charles Whitman

SGT John " Mac " McConnell

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Very sad day in Austin, at the University of Texas. Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American engineering student at the University of Texas and mass murderer who gunned down 49 people, killing 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman LTC Stephen F. LTC Stephen C. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Mark Kuzinski Alan K. SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth TSgt Joe C.

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MAJ Rene De La Rosa

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This one was the first on a University campus? The 1960s were filled with fear, shootings, and demonstrations that tried Americans. This one was especially horrific, as 16 innocent lives were taken. They did not open the tower up for years after the fact.

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