From the October 28, 2016, Springfield, Ohio, News-Sun "Springfield sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried Saturday" by Allison Wichie.
William "Billy" Welch enlisted in the Navy at 17, leaving his senior year at Catholic Central High School. He was the middle child of a family of eight. At age 18, he was killed on the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941.
More than 70 members of his family are expected to attend the ceremony at St. Joseph Church and he will be buried at Cavalry Cemetery. Five of them are named William Edward after him.
The Springfield VFW Post 8673 is named after him.
A picture of him looking really young accompanies the article.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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