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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U.S. AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY DOWNED BY DRV AAA, PILOT CAPTURED, FOLLOW UP NR 2 0406.PDFU.S. Aircraft Reportedly Downed by DRV AAA, Pilot Captured, Follow Up Nr 2 0406
U.S. AIRCRAFT DOWNED OVER NORTH VIETNAM 0179.PDFU.S. Aircraft Downed Over North Vietnam 0179
U.S. AIRCRAFT DOWNED DURING ENGAGEMENT WITH NVAF MIGS IN THE VINH AREA, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO 1252.PDFU.S. Aircraft Downed During Engagement With NVAF MIGs in the Vinh Area, Follow-Up Nr Two 1252
U.S. AIRCRAFT DOWNED DURING ENGAGEMENT WITH NVAF MIGS IN THE VINH AREA, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO 1183.PDFU.S. Aircraft Downed During Engagement With NVAF MIGs in the Vinh Area, Follow-Up Nr Two 1183
U.S. AIRCRAFT DOWNED BY MIG-21, 5 OCTOBER 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1932.PDFU.S. Aircraft Downed by MIG-21, 5 October 1972, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1932
U.S. AIRCRAFT DOWNED BY MIG-21, 5 OCTOBER 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1931.PDFU.S. Aircraft Downed by MIG-21, 5 October 1972, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1931
U.S. AIRCRAFT AND NORTH VIETNAMESE MIGS LOST BETWEEN 19 AND 23 MAY 1972 1863.PDFU.S. Aircraft and North Vietnamese MIGs Lost Between 19 and 23 May 1972 1863
U.S. AIRCRAFT AND NORTH VIETNAMESE MIGS LOST BETWEEN 19 AND 23 MAY 1972 1861.PDFU.S. Aircraft and North Vietnamese MIGs Lost Between 19 and 23 May 1972 1861
U.S. AIR CREW CAPTURED 1965.PDFU.S. Air Crew Captured 1965
U.S. AIR CREW CAPTURED 1961.PDFU.S. Air Crew Captured 1961
U.S. AIR CREW CAPTURED 1960.PDFU.S. Air Crew Captured 1960
U.S. A-7 AIRCRAFT DOWNED ON 3 MAY 1972 1842.PDFU.S. A-7 Aircraft Downed on 3 May 1972 1842
TWO RELEASED AMERICAN PRISONERS CLAIM HUMANE TREATMENT 0024.PDFTwo Released American Prisoners Claim Humane Treatment 0024
TWO PROBABLE ALLIED AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN OVER NVN 1793.PDFTwo Probable Allied Aircraft Shot Down Over NVN 1793
TWO PROBABLE ALLIED AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN OVER NVN 1792.PDFTwo Probable Allied Aircraft Shot Down Over NVN 1792
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