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 BATTALION SUBORDINATE TO THE 238TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS MISSILE LAUNCHES 1939.PDFUnidentified Battalion Subordinate to the 238th SAM Regiment Reports Missile Launches 1939
UNIDENTIFIED BATTALION SUBORDINATE TO THE 238TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS MISSILE LAUNCHES 1936.PDFUnidentified Battalion Subordinate to the 238th SAM Regiment Reports Missile Launches 1936
UNIDENTIFIED BATTALION SUBORDINATE 270TH REGIMENT ISSUES PRAISE 0688.PDFUnidentified Battalion Subordinate 270th Regiment Issues Praise 0688
UNIDENTIFIED BATTALION SUBORDINATE 270TH REGIMENT ISSUES PRAISE 0687.PDFUnidentified Battalion Subordinate 270th Regiment Issues Praise 0687
DOC_1572.PDFUnidentified Battalion of the 263rd SAM Regiment Fired Two Missiles at Two Aircraft (2044)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE, THANH HOA PROVINCIAL UNIT, OPERATING IN THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE, REPORTS AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWN, 30 OCTOBER 1972 1942.PDFUnidentified Associate, Thanh Hoa Provincial Unit, Operating in the Demilitarized Zone, Reports Aircraft Shootdown, 30 October 1972 1942
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE, NVA 335TH INDEPENDENT REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN 1906.PDFUnidentified Associate, NVA 335th Independent Regiment Reports Shootdown 1906
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE, NVA 316TH DIVISION, OPERATING IN NORTHERN LAOS MENTIONS A PLANE SHOT DOWN, 25 JUNE 1972 1883.PDFUnidentified Associate, NVA 316th Division, Operating in Northern Laos Mentions a Plane Shot Down, 25 June 1972 1883
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE, NVA 316TH DIVISION OPERATING IN NORTHERN LAOS REPORTS HITTING AN F-4, 3 DECEMBER 1971 1781.PDFUnidentified Associate, NVA 316th Division Operating in Northern Laos Reports Hitting an F-4, 3 December 1971 1781
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE, 174TH REGIMENT, NVA 316TH DIVISION, OPERATING IN NORTHERN LAOS, DISCUSSES SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT 1883.PDFUnidentified Associate, 174th Regiment, NVA 316th Division, Operating in Northern Laos, Discusses Shootdown of Aircraft 1883
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE OF BINH TRAM 33 REPORTS ON SEARCH FOR ESCAPED PILOT 1734.PDFUnidentified Associate of Binh Tram 33 Reports on Search for Escaped Pilot 1734
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE NVA 335TH INDEPENDENT REGIMENT OPERATING IN NORTHERN LAOS REPORTS SHOOTDOWN AND CAPTURE OF AMERICAN PILOT, 26 DECEMBER 1972 1968.PDFUnidentified Associate NVA 335th Independent Regiment Operating in Northern Laos Reports Shootdown and Capture of American Pilot, 26 December 1972 1968
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE NVA 335TH INDEPENDENT REGIMENT OPERATING IN NORTHERN LAOS REPORTS SHOOTDOWN AND CAPTURE OF AMERICAN PILOT, 26 DECEMBER 1972 1967.PDFUnidentified Associate NVA 335th Independent Regiment Operating in Northern Laos Reports Shootdown and Capture of American Pilot, 26 December 1972 1967
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE NVA 316TH DIVISION OPERATING IN NORTHERN LAOS REPORTS ON DOWNING OF AIRCRAFT, 28 NOVEMBER 1971 1781.PDFUnidentified Associate NVA 316th Division Operating in Northern Laos Reports on Downing of Aircraft, 28 November 1971 1781
UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE 9TH REGIMENT, NVA 866TH DIVISION, OPERATING IN SOUTHERN LAOS, REVEALS PRO-GOVERNMENT LOCATIONS, 31 OCTOBER 1972 1941.PDFUnidentified Associate 9th Regiment, NVA 866th Division, Operating in Southern Laos, Reveals Pro-Government Locations, 31 October 1972 1941
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