At the request of the victims' families, who have
expressed a need for privacy, the University of South Carolina did not release the
victims' names until North Carolina officials confirmed their identities. Privacy
concerns also prevent the university from displaying photographs of the students.
October 30, 2007
Officials release names of fire victims, survivors
Officials in Ocean isle Beach, N.C., released the names Tuesday (Oct. 30) of the six University of South Carolina students killed in a house fire early Sunday at Ocean Isle Beach.
The names of the South Carolina students, their ages, hometowns and majors, if available, are as follows:
- Cassidy Fae Pendley, 18, a freshman chemical-engineering major from Chapin
- William Robert Rhea, 18, a freshman from Florence
- Allison Christine Walden, 19, a sophomore exercise-science major from Chagrin Falls, Ohio
- Lauren Astrid Mahon, 18, a freshman from Simpsonville
- Justin Michael Anderson, 19, a sophomore from Greenville
- Travis Lane Cale, 19, a freshman from Greenville
The seventh fatality was Emily Yelton, a Clemson student.
Six students, also from the University of South Carolina, survived the fire:
- Fallon Marie Sposato, 19, a sophomore from Orlando, Fla.
- Eugene Ray Charles, 19, a freshman political-science major from Tampa, Fla.
- Katherine Elizabeth Auman, 18, a freshman from Hartsville
- Fredrick “Tripp” Marion Wylie, 20, a sophomore economics major from Greenville
- Ashley Nicole Perdue, 18, a sophomore from Florence
- Andrew Edward Rhea, 19, a sophomore from Florence
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