John Albert Overland
Drummer, U.S. Marine Corps
15th Company, 6th USMC Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: June 15, 1918
Buried at: Plot B Row 06 Grave 46, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
Introduction
John Albert Overland, Drummer USMC, was born in 1899. He was the son of Albert G. and Hannah Overland. The family lived at 411 Royden Street when the census was taken in 1900. Albert Overland had emigrated from Norway and worked as a ship's carpenter. Sadly, Hannah Overland passed away on December 7, 1902 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery on Mt. Ephraim Avenue in Camden.
John Albert Overland enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on July 21, 1914 at Philadelphia and was sent to the Marine Barracks at Washington, DC. He trained there as a drummer. On March 19, 1915 he qualified as a drummer and was transferred to the Marine Barracks at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He served at various locations including Quantico, Virginia and the Philadelphia Navy Yard. When the Marines went into Haiti in 1915, John Overland went with them. He stayed into December of 1915. By the end of February he had been reposted stateside. In March and April of 1917 he was assigned to the Marine Aviation section at Pensacola, Florida. In May he was transferred to the 15th Company, Fifth Marines. John Albert Overland went overseas in June of 1917. John Overland was killed in action on June 15, 1918 during the fighting at Belleau Wood.
John Albert Overland was survived by his father, a brother, Albert Overland, and his grandmother, Janette Overland, all of 517 Borton Street, Camden, New Jersey.