In 1976 Faith was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia.

With the United States' entry into World War II approaching, Congress passed the Selective Service Act in 1940.

Faith was called in for his draft physical, but was rejected for the same dental disqualification that thwarted his admission to the United States Military Academy.

However, Faith was able to successfully appeal the draft board's decision, and he was inducted on June 25, 1941, following graduation from Georgetown University, where he was a brother of Delta Phi Epsilon foreign service fraternity.

In addition to participating in all of the division's combat jumps during the war in North Africa, Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Germany, Faith was awarded two Bronze Star Medals and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, on the staff of Major General Maxwell D.

[2] The 31st Regimental Combat Team (31st RCT) was part of the force that pushed north with the objective of reaching the Yalu River.

The 31st RCT was on the eastern bank of the Chosin Reservoir when the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) staged a massive attack on the night of November 27, 1950.

The award was presented to Barbara Faith in Washington, D.C., by General Omar N. Bradley, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a ceremony on June 21, 1951.

After 62 years in this classification, Faith's remains were recovered near the Chosin Reservoir by a Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC) field recovery team.

His remains were identified through DNA and reported to the public by Defense Prisoner Of War – Missing Personnel Office on October 11, 2012.

Lieutenant Colonel Faith, although physically exhausted in the bitter cold, organized and launched an attack which was soon stopped by enemy fire.