The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Ivey Gene Barnett
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
E CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
Date of Death
March 31, 1951
Private First Class Barnett was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950. He was taken to Sambakkol the Prison Camp 5, near Pyoktong, North Korea on the Yalu River. He died while a prisoner on March 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.