Allison Beth Krause ( ; Hebrew : ברכה ; April 23 , 1951 – May 4 , 1970 ) was an American honor student at Kent State University in Kent , Ohio , when she was killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard in the Kent State shootings , while protesting against the invasion of Cambodia and the presence of the National Guard on the Kent State campus . National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of unarmed students , killing four of them , at an average distance of about 345 ft ( 106 m ) . Krause was shot in the left side of her chest at about 330 ft ( 105 m ) , from which she received a fatal wound . A subsequent autopsy found that a single rifle bullet entered and exited her upper left arm , and then entered the left side of her chest , fragmenting on impact and causing massive internal trauma . She died from her wounds later the same day
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
Allison Krause