From the June 15, 2021, Daily Reflector (Greenville, B.C.) "Killed in Pearl Harbor attack, sailor's remains finally laid to rest in Elizabeth City" by Chris Day.
Petty Officer 1st Class William Eugene Blanchard died December 7, 1941, when the battleship USS Oklahoma was sunk. He was a boilermaker on the ship. He was born in Tignall, Georgia, and was a blacksmith by trade before he enlisted in the Navy in 1936. His wife, Laura Ann, was from Bremerton, Washington, and he met her while in the service. They were married in 1939.
On Monday, June 7, nearly 30 people, including several members of his family, attended a memorial service at Twiford Funeral Home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The service began at 1:56 pm, which in Pearl harbor would have been 7:56 am, when torpedoes struck the USS Oklahoma.
His son lives in Elizabeth City. He was buried at New Hollywood Cemetery.
--GreGen
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