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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TACREP NR 0465-72, UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT QUANG BINH PROVINCIAL UNIT ISSUES SHOOTDOWN REPORT 1796.PDFTACREP Nr 0465-72, Unidentified Element Quang Binh Provincial Unit Issues Shootdown Report 1796
TACREP NR 0455-72, UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT, QUANG BINH PROVINCIAL UNIT ISSUES SHOOTDOWN REPORT 1796.PDFTACREP Nr 0455-72, Unidentified Element, Quang Binh Provincial Unit Issues Shootdown Report 1796
TACREP 919-72 1934.PDFTACREP 919-72 1934
TACREP 329-70 1560.PDFTACREP 329-70 1560
TACREP 328-70 1560.PDFTACREP 328-70 1560
SUPPLY AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN IN XIENG KHOUANG PROVINCE 0018.PDFSupply Aircraft Shot Down in Xieng Khouang Province 0018
SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 009-74, FINAL SECTION OF 3 1987.PDFSupplement to the Daily Intelligence Summary 009-74, Final Section of 3 1987
SUNDOG AIRCRAFT DOWNED NEAR NATIONAL ROUTE ONE 1888.PDFSundog Aircraft Downed Near National Route One 1888
Summary Situation in Military Region Four for 12 October 1970 (10/11/1970)Summary Situation in Military Region Four for 12 October 1970 (10/11/1970)
SUMMARY OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS ACTIVITY IN THE DRV 1341.PDFSummary of Vietnamese Communists Activity in the DRV 1341
SUMMARY OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN THE DRV, SECTION TWO OF THREE 1577.PDFSummary of Vietnamese Communist Activity in the DRV, Section Two of Three 1577
SUMMARY OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN THE DRV, SECTION TWO AND FINAL 1251.PDFSummary of Vietnamese Communist Activity in the DRV, Section Two and Final 1251
SUMMARY OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN THE DRV, MILITARY REGION TRI-THIEN-HUE AND LAOS 1083.PDFSummary of Vietnamese Communist Activity in the DRV, Military Region Tri-Thien-Hue and Laos 1083
SUMMARY OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN THE DRV DURING THE PERIOD 271000-280959Z APRIL 1968 1142.PDFSummary of Vietnamese Communist Activity in the DRV During the Period 271000-280959Z April 1968 1142
SUMMARY OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN THE DRV DURING THE PERIOD 271000-280959Z APRIL 1968 1138.PDFSummary of Vietnamese Communist Activity in the DRV During the Period 271000-280959Z April 1968 1138
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