Sterling Hall bombing

Sterling Hall bombing
Part of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Sterling Hall
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates43°04′27″N 89°24′19″W / 43.074278°N 89.405408°W / 43.074278; -89.405408
DateAugust 24, 1970
3:42 am (UTC-5)
TargetArmy Mathematics Research Center, Sterling Hall, UW–Madison
Attack type
Car bombing of a school building
WeaponsCar bomb (ammonium nitrate)
Deaths1
Injured3
PerpetratorsKarleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine and Leo Burt
MotiveProtest against the Vietnam War

The Sterling Hall bombing occurred on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on August 24, 1970, and was committed by four men as an action against the university's research connections with the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. It resulted in the death of a university physics researcher and injuries to three others.


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