The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James Edward Overend
Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 2 ENGR CMBT BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
February 7, 1951
Master Sergeant Overend was a member of Company A, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on February 7, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.