Vietnam Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Documents

September 2014

On 13 July 1992, the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs levied a task on NSA/CSS to review SIGINT reporting for relevance to the Vietnam POW/MIA issue and possible correlation to individual POW/MIA cases. NSA/CSS provided the Committee with three Correlation Studies, produced in August 1992, September 1993, and September 1996. Most of the information mentioned in these studies is chronologically organized by Reference Number (RefNo), which is listed as case #, and includes the incident date. The Department of Defense assigned RefNos to each incident in which there was the potential loss of life or capture. There are some entries without a RefNo or case #, but do have the incident date. The earliest incident is dated 1951 and the last 1988.

Over the next several months, NSA/CSS will post over 1600 additional documents related to POW/MIAs in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The documents are NSA field site reporting, NSA end product, summary reporting, memoranda, watch officers notes, and analyst communications. For ease of searching, those documents will be accessible under links posted for each RefNo for which they contain pertinent information.

The correlation studies and the documents related to the incidents have been previously released under the FOIA in the past, but they have never before been posted together, facilitating access to families and historians. In addition, the documents have been reviewed using the most current guidance, making this release the most complete of any prior releases.

 

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UNIDENTIFIED NVA MILITARY ISSUES REPORT OF SHOOTDOWN 1843.PDFUnidentified NVA Military Issues Report of Shootdown 1843
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS THE DOWNING OF B-52'S 1954.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports the Downing of B-52's 1954
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF UNIDENTIFIED TYPE AIRCRAFT, AND THE CAPTURE OF THREE OF ITS CREW 1715.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Shootdown of Unidentified Type Aircraft, and the Capture of Three of its Crew 1715
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF THREE B-52'S, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1961.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Shootdown of Three B-52's, Follow-Up Nr One 1961
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF THREE B-52'S, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1958.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Shootdown of Three B-52's, Follow-Up Nr One 1958
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF THREE B-52'S, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1955.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Shootdown of Three B-52's, Follow-Up Nr One 1955
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1573.PDFUnidentified NVA ELement Reports Shootdown of Allied Aircraft 1573
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN 1907.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Shootdown 1907
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN AND CAPTURE OF AMERICAN PIRATE, 8 OCTOBER 1972 1934.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports on Shootdown and Capture of American Pirate, 8 October 1972 1934
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN 1939.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports on Shootdown 1939
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS CAPTURE OF PRISONERS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1987.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Capture of Prisoners, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1987
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS CAPTURE OF PILOT 1910.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Capture of Pilot 1910
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS CAPTURE OF PILOT 1909.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Capture of Pilot 1909
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT REPORTS AIR ACTIVITY 1704.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Reports Air Activity 1704
UNIDENTIFIED NVA ELEMENT OPERATING IN XIENG KHOUANG PROVINCE, NORTHERN LAOS, REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF B-52'S AND CAPTURE OF PILOTS, 19 DECEMBER 1972 1954.PDFUnidentified NVA Element Operating in Xieng Khouang Province, Northern Laos, Reports Shootdown of B-52's and Capture of Pilots, 19 December 1972 1954
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