Memorial Day burial planned for Ohio Co. sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
Memorial Day burial planned for Ohio Co. sailor killed at Pearl Harbor By Jill Lyman | May 7, 2021 at 2:34 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 11:10 PM
OHIO CO., Ky. (WFIE) - There are more details now for the funeral plans of a Ohio Co. man who died during the attack at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
As we reported, the remains of Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn Ashby of Centertown were finally identified in November 2019.
After getting identified, Ashby will now come home to Centertown, Kentucky, for burial.
We’re told a service will be on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021 at Bevil Brothers Funeral Home in Beaver Dam.
Remains of WWII sailor from Ohio County identified Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn Ashby. (Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) By 14 News Staff | January 22, 2021 at 11:28 PM CST - Updated January 23 at 12:07 AM
OHIO CO., Ky. (WFIE) - An Ohio County soldier killed during World War II has been accounted for.
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn Ashby of Centertown was accounted for in November 2019. These findings were announced Friday.
We are told Ashby had been considered missing in action.
He was aboard the USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Ashby was eventually buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.