John cleary, wounded in kent state shooting, dies at 74 he was shot in 1970 by the national guard during a student protest over the vietnam war that left four dead in ohio. Cleary, of scotia, new york, was shot may 4, 1970, when ohio national guardsmen fired into a crowd of demonstrators during a vietnam war protest at kent state university, killing four students. Cleary, the injured student shown in the iconic life magazine cover photo about the kent state university shootings, initially shunned the attention that would follow him
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A man who was wounded in the deadly national guard shooting at kent state university in 1970 has died, according to the school
He was 74 years old.
John cleary, a survivor of the deadly kent state shootings by the ohio national guard on may 4, 1970, has died at the age of 74.