Son of Otis Welborn and Mary Inez (Tichenor) Ashby
W.W. II Veteran who was killed at Pearl Harbor on the USS West Virginia.
The American Legion in Centertown is named in his honor;
Welborn Lee Ashby Post 296
Owensboro Messenger
Wednesday, December 17, 1941, p.1
~Centertown Sailor Killed~
Wilborn [sic] Lee Ashby, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Ashby, Centertown, Route 1, was reported killed in action, by the Navy department, according to a telegram received Tuesday.
Young Ashby enlisted in the United Stated Navy, September 24, 1940.
Surviving are the parents, three brothers, Sergeant Shelby C. Ashby, J.D. Ashby, William Ashby, and two sisters, Mrs. Altha Stroud, Owensboro, and Martha Ashby, at home.
W.W. II Veteran who was killed at Pearl Harbor on the USS West Virginia.
The American Legion in Centertown is named in his honor;
Welborn Lee Ashby Post 296
Owensboro Messenger
Wednesday, December 17, 1941, p.1
~Centertown Sailor Killed~
Wilborn [sic] Lee Ashby, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Ashby, Centertown, Route 1, was reported killed in action, by the Navy department, according to a telegram received Tuesday.
Young Ashby enlisted in the United Stated Navy, September 24, 1940.
Surviving are the parents, three brothers, Sergeant Shelby C. Ashby, J.D. Ashby, William Ashby, and two sisters, Mrs. Altha Stroud, Owensboro, and Martha Ashby, at home.
Son of Otis Welborn and Mary Inez (Tichenor) Ashby
W.W. II Veteran who was killed at Pearl Harbor on the USS West Virginia.
The American Legion in Centertown is named in his honor;
Welborn Lee Ashby Post 296
Owensboro Messenger
Wednesday, December 17, 1941, p.1
~Centertown Sailor Killed~
Wilborn [sic] Lee Ashby, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Ashby, Centertown, Route 1, was reported killed in action, by the Navy department, according to a telegram received Tuesday.
Young Ashby enlisted in the United Stated Navy, September 24, 1940.
Surviving are the parents, three brothers, Sergeant Shelby C. Ashby, J.D. Ashby, William Ashby, and two sisters, Mrs. Altha Stroud, Owensboro, and Martha Ashby, at home.
W.W. II Veteran who was killed at Pearl Harbor on the USS West Virginia.
The American Legion in Centertown is named in his honor;
Welborn Lee Ashby Post 296
Owensboro Messenger
Wednesday, December 17, 1941, p.1
~Centertown Sailor Killed~
Wilborn [sic] Lee Ashby, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Ashby, Centertown, Route 1, was reported killed in action, by the Navy department, according to a telegram received Tuesday.
Young Ashby enlisted in the United Stated Navy, September 24, 1940.
Surviving are the parents, three brothers, Sergeant Shelby C. Ashby, J.D. Ashby, William Ashby, and two sisters, Mrs. Altha Stroud, Owensboro, and Martha Ashby, at home.
Inscription
Fireman 3rd Class, U.S. Navy, World War II
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