Chien Jung-song, chairman of a support group that helped to bring about the creation of the monument, was responsible for collecting the names and obtaining approval. Because many government agencies are still unwilling to make relevant documents public, and because many of the victims have already died or are impossible to track down, the foundation was able to compile a list of only 3,000 names.
負責收集名單、徵求同意的建碑後援會會長簡永松指出，由於許多相關單位目前仍不願公佈確實資料，加上不少受難者已過世或難以追蹤，使得後援會目前收集到的名單只有三千人左右。