Project: Korean Conflict
Categories: Military and War Project | Korean War | North Korean History | South Korean History
The WikiTree Korean Conflict Project is a Sub-Project of the Military and War Project!
The WikiTree Korean Conflict Project
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Our Mission
The Korean Conflict is called the Forgotten War. The Korean Conflict started after World War II, (about 1945, but the wars listed on the project page were 1950-53. It is the goal of this project to provide an opportunity to honor those veterans for any who choose while respecting the privacy of our living veterans.
The mission of the Military and War project is to provide a framework for the remembrance of those who fought, for whatever reason, lest we forget ...
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How To Join

- Project Leaders:
- Coordinators: Mary Richardson, Julia Ryan, Allan H Thomas
- Answer our G2G welcome post to join the Korean Conflict WikiTree project and get a badge.
- Add korean_war to your followed tags.
- We use Military and War Google Community (Please include your WikiTree ID when requesting to join) for communication.
- Korean Conflict WikiTree Project Member List.
- Here is what our members are working on.
You may also want to
- Add military_and_war to your followed tags
- Check out the main project page for all guidelines related to the project.
- This project does not have a unique badge, in order to add a sticker to your profile and view a listing of who is a member of this project, add your name to the Korean War Project Members by placing the following in your profile, below the ==Biography== line:
- if you already have {{Military and War Project Member}} add "|Korean War" to it.
- if not, add {{Military and War Project Member|Korean War}}
This is the Main Category: Korean War
Requested Subprojects
Please add anything you would like to see as a subproject. We can discuss ideas on our google group and then post them on g2g.
Related Projects
The following projects and groups are likely to have some overlap with this one, so members of this project may be interested in them as well:
- Roll of Honor Project Honor and Recognition
- Project:One_Name_Studies
- Project:Global_Cemeteries
- Project:One_Place_Studies
- Project:Worldwide_Disasters
Project Box
{{Korean War Project}} gives you
Result:
| ... ... ... participated in the Korean War. Join: Korean Conflict Project Discuss: Korean_War |
Sticker
{{Korean War|branch=United States Army|startdate=Jan 27, 1950|units=16th Infantry Training Battalion |enddate=Apr 2, 1955}}
Result:
Service started: Jan 27, 1950
Unit(s): 16th Infantry Training Battalion
Service ended: Apr 2, 1955
Pages on Wikitree
- Korean War Resource Page
- Allied Powers in the Korean War
- Communist Powers in the Korean War
- Korean War Images
- Chosin Reservoir in Korean War
- MiG Alley
- M.A.S.H. Units in the Korean War
- Famous Ships in the Korean War
Goals
- Find or create profiles
- All duplicates merged into lowest number
- Project Managed or PPP added if it qualifies, add the project box {{Korean War Project}} and assign the project profile as the PM
- pertaining categories added, use the sticker {{Korean War}}
- biography cleaned up and written, using the WikiTree Style Guide (can work with Profile Improvement Project for help)
Task List
These are tasks that volunteers can do to help us! Check out the G2G post referring to the task, and ask questions or comment on what you're working on there.
This is a brand new project! Please help us put it up!
- Add resources for Korean War records
- Make a project space page
- Add your war story
- Check the maintenance category to identify profiles that need military sources. (Being created now)
- Consider the best way to honor these veterans.
- Address privacy concerns.
Please post ideas in the Google Group
Resources
- United States National Archives Korean War Service Records
- Allied Veterans War Allowance Program lists sites for allied countries veterans records for the purpose of the War Veterans Allowance Act
- Distinguished Service Cross Recipients, Korean War, 1950-1953 "Distinguished Service Cross Recipients, Korean War, 1950-1953, Last Updated: January 05, 2016"
- UK Roll of Honor The Korean War 1950-1953
- Korean War UK Military Graves
- Korean Veterans Association of Canada
- Veterans Affairs Canada searchable database
- Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War
- Austalian War Memorial Researching Australian military service: Korean War, 1950–1953
- FamilySearch South Korean Military War Records
Will you join us? Please post a comment here on this page.
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