World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Jacob Willie Wingo
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Takoma Park, Maryland
Honored By
Elizabeth Ladd
Relationship
Wife
PRIVATE, ONLY IN THE SERVICE 8 MONTHS WHEN KILLED ON DECEMBER 3, 1944 IN THE ATTACK ON LINNICH, GERMANY. MORTAR SQUAD WAS MOVING INTO POSITION WHEN A SHELL LANDED NEAR THE GROUP AND HE WAS KILLED. HE WAS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.