Jacob “Jake” Whipkey
Hometown: Boswell, PA
Branch of Service: US Army
Rank: Sergeant
Awards: Purple Heart
Theater: OIF
Jake Whipkey served five years in the U.S. Army, 101st ABN division, stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds he received while serving his second tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This tour was cut short on November 18, 2007, when he was wounded while under fire in Samara, Iraq.
After being medically retired in December of 2009, Whipkey returned to Boswell, PA his home town where he lives today. He joined WWIA in 2010 and graduated the Inaugural WWIA Guide School in 2016. Since then he has been leading numerous events all over the the country for WWIA. Jake is a successful fisherman and hunter and has harvested small game, turkeys, wild boar, white tail deer and bear in his hunting lifetime.
