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FORT KNOX, Ky. – The remains of U.S. Army Sgt. George M. Barbiere, 23, of Hicksville, New York, killed during the Korean War, will be interred Oct. 3 in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home will coordinate graveside services preceding the interment.
Barbiere was assigned to Service Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action Dec. 2, 1950 near Twigae, North Korea. Lacking evidence of continued survival, the U.S. Army issued a presumptive finding of death of Dec. 31, 1953.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency accounted for Barbiere on Feb. 26, 2025.
For more information on DPAA’s efforts to locate and identify Sgt. Barbiere’s remains, please visit: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/ID-Announcements/Article/4167227/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-barbiere-g/
U.S. Army Human Resources Command’s Past Conflict Repatriations Branch plays a vital role in the process of identifying, locating and contacting subsequent generation family members of Soldiers missing or killed in action during WWII and the Korean War to positively identify previously undiscovered or unknown remains.
Media interested in covering and/or obtaining more information about the funeral and interment should contact Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home, 702-998-8200.
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2025 09:07 |
| Story ID: | 549651 |
| Location: | FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, US |
| Hometown: | HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK, US |
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