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PRIVATE
DAVID T. BORLAND was born in Philadelphia PA on December 27, 1887 to Mr. and Mrs. David
Thomas Borland. The Borland family moved to 2305
Howell Street in
East Camden sometime in the 1910s. When he
registered for the draft on
June 5, 1917 he was working as a storekeeper for the American Can
Company at Beach and Palmer Streets in Philadelphia and living at 633
Maple Avenue in Audubon NJ. He
was living with his parents at 2305
Howell Street in Camden
NJ when he
was called to service on February 26, 1918. After training at Fort Dix, he was
assigned to the 312th Infantry Regiment, and went overseas in May of
1918. Private
Borland was killed in action of October 24, 1918 during the Battle of
the Argonne Forest. He was survived by his parents, brothers, James H.,
Raymond C., and George W. Borland Sr., sister-in-law Kate Borland,
nephew George Jr., and niece Jenny Borland, all of the
Howell Street
address. His parents passed in the 1920s, however, older brother
George Borland and his family still lived at 2305
Howell Street
as late
as 1947, and remained in the neighborhood until his death in April
of 1969, having by 1956 moved to 11
North 24th
Street.
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