Nipko, Jack Charles
First Name
Jack
Middle Name
Charles
Last Name
Nipko
Serial Number
6184636
Service Branch
Naval Reserve
Highest Rank
Buglemaster 3c
War or Action
World War II
County
Weld
Biography

Also of Castle Rock. Served aboard battleship USS Colorado. Killed when shell fired by USS Pennsylvania to repel enemy planes inadvertently struck the Colorado. Awarded Purple Heart.

Place Of Burial
Manila American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing
Place Of Death
Lingayen Gulf, Philippines
Circumstances
Killed In Action - Buried At Sea
Row Number
75
Column Number
3
Panel Number
12

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