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INGO JULIUS ROBERT WISKOW
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 16, 1945 – April 2, 1968
Service recordIngo Julius Robert Wiskow, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47E, Line 45
- THOMAS S WOODLAND JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.