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President reads names of children who died in Newtown

Posted at 12:06 AM, Dec 17, 2012
and last updated 2012-12-17 00:06:08-05

President Barack Obama landed Sunday afternoon in Newtown, Connecticut, to speak with family members and first responders. 

The president then attended an interfaith vigil at Newtown High School.

At the end of his speech he read the name of every child who died in the shootings. 

There were 26 victims in the Connecticut elementary school shooting, with ages ranging from 6 to 56.

However, twenty of these victims were ages 6-7. 

The entire list of victims is below:

Charlotte Bacon – 2/22/2006

Daniel Barden – 9/25/2005
Rachel Davino – 7/17/1983
Olivia Engel – 7/18/2006
Josephine Gay – 12/11/2005
Ana M Marquez-Greene – 4/4/2006
Dylan Hockley – 3/8/2006
Dawn Hocksprung – 6/28/1965
Madeleine F Hsu – 7/10/2006
Catherine V Hubbard – 6/8/2006
Chase Kowalski – 10/31/2005
Jesse Lewis – 6/30/2006
James Mattioli – 3/22/2006
Grace McDonnell – 11/4/2005
Anne Marie Murphy – 7/25/1960
Emilie Parker – 5/12/2006
Jack Pinto – 5/6/2006
Noah Pozner – 11/20/2006
Caroline Previdi – 9/7/2006
Jessica Rekos – 5/10/2006
Avielle Richman – 10/17/2006
Lauren Russeau – 6/10/1982
Mary Sherlach – 2/11/1956
Victoria Soto – 11/04/1985
Benjamin Wheeler – 9/12/2006
Allison N Wyatt – 7/3/2006