"Pearl Harbor casualty arrives in Kentucky 80 years later -- Honolulu, Hawaii" June 4, 2021
Martha Christian once traveled to Pearl Harbor and dipped her feet in the water as she cried thinking about her long lost brother from that Day of Infamy. His name was Wellborn Ashby. His body was later recovered after the ship was raised, but was unidentifiable.
That is, until DNA and other testing became available.
All his family knew for sure was that some of the West Virginia's crew died instantly and that as a Navy Firefighter he probably was involved in the effort to keep the ship from capsizing like the USS Oklahoma as it sank.
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From Honor States.com
Wellborn Lee Ashby
Born October 19, 1917 Died December 7, 1941
Fireman 3rd Class
Enlisted in US Navy September 24, 1940
Identified 20 November 2020.
--GreGen
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