<P> Four girls , Addie Mae Collins ( age 14 , born April 18 , 1949 ) , Carol Denise McNair ( age 11 , born November 17 , 1951 ) , Carole Robertson ( age 14 , born April 24 , 1949 ) , and Cynthia Wesley ( age 14 , born April 30 , 1949 ) , were killed in the attack . The explosion was so intense that one of the girls ' bodies was decapitated and so badly mutilated in the explosion that her body could only be identified through her clothing and a ring , whereas another victim had been killed by a piece of mortar embedded in her skull . All four girls were pronounced dead on arrival at the Hillman Emergency Clinic . The then - pastor of the church , the Reverend John Cross , would recollect in 2001 that the girls ' bodies were subsequently found `` stacked on top of each other , clung together '' . </P>
who died in the 16th street baptist church bombing
Addie Mae Collins Carol Denise McNair Carole Robertson Cynthia Wesley