From Jan. 24, 2021, Tennessee 10 News (Tennessee) "Kentucky WWII soldier who died at Pearl Harbor identified" by Conner Farrell.
According to a release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), the remains of Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn L. Ashby from Centertown, Kentucky, have been identified. He was 24 when he died on the battleship USS West Virginia on December 7, 1941.
The attack resulted in the deaths of 106 crew members aboard the ship. During salvage of the ship, the remains of at least 66 individuals were recovered. Those who could not be identified, including Mr. Ashby, were interred as Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl in Honolulu.
To identify Ashby, dental, anthropological analysis and DNA were used.
He will be buried May 31 in his hometown.
A Hero Comes Home. --GreGen
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