Bart, Davey Harvey
Army Private 1st class

Davey Harvey Bart from Houston, Texas, Harris county.

Parents: Standley L. Bart

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On February 24, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Davey Harvey Bart, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Bart joined the U.S. Army from Texas and was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On the night of November 1-2, 1951, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked U.S. and Republic of Korea forces near Unsan, North Korea, forcing a withdrawal to the south. CPL Bart was captured by enemy forces during the fighting withdrawal, and he died in captivity in March 1951. His remains were not immediately returned following the end of hostilities. In December 1993, the North Korean government repatriated a set of unidentified remains they had reportedly recovered from a prison camp in Pyoktong. In 2016, forensic analysis enabled CPL Bart to be identified from among these returned remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1953)