The Department of Defense and researchers throughout the world routinely use the Korean War Project databases to identify potential DNA donors. In addition, hundreds of veterans with actual knowledge of the circumstances of a loss place their invaluable information online. For many family members, the Remembrance database entries comprise the first actual specific knowledge of a loss and the unique ability to immediately contact veterans who knew their loved one. The Korean War Project first appeared online in February 1995. In addition to providing the most comprehensive Korean War casualty databases, the Project provides more than 1800 individual unit pages with over 26,000 individual entries from veterans, family members, researchers, and government agencies.
All entries are readily available to the public.
Funding for the Project is by individual membership, sponsorship, and the sale of a unique Korean War bumper sticker. The Project does not have any major commercial or foundation sponsors. In addition, no government funding is available to the Korean War Project . The Project was founded by Hal Barker, a researcher and historian based in Dallas, Texas. Barker began work in 1979 in an attempt to find the story of his fathers' combat experiences as a helicopter pilot with Marine Observation Squadron 6 during the Korean War.