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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REPORT OF ACTIVITY OF DISABLED VETERANS 1745.PDFReport of Activity of Disabled Veterans 1745
REPORT OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON DOWNED AIRCRAFT IN SVAY RIENG 1381.PDFReport of Actions Taken on Downed Aircraft in Svay Rieng 1381
REMAINING CREW MEMBERS OF U-1 AIRCRAFT LOCATED, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1381.PDFRemaining Crew Members of U-1 Aircraft Located, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1381
REFLECTIONS OF SHOOTDOWN OF ONE F-105 OVER LAOS 1782.PDFReflections of Shootdown of One F-105 Over Laos 1782
REFLECTIONS OF SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT PROBABLE OVER LAOS 1790.PDFReflections of Shootdown of Aircraft Probable Over Laos 1790
REFLECTIONS OF SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT PROBABLE OVER LAOS 1789.PDFReflections of Shootdown of Aircraft Probable Over Laos 1789
REFLECTIONS OF SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT PROBABLE OVER LAOS 1788.PDFReflections of Shootdown of Aircraft Probable Over Laos 1788
REFLECTIONS OF B-52 SHOOTDOWNS, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO 1954.PDFReflections of B-52 Shootdowns, Follow-Up Nr Two 1954
REFLECTIONS OF B-52 SHOOTDOWNS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1957.PDFReflections of B-52 Shootdowns, Follow-Up Nr One 1957
REFLECTIONS OF B-52 SHOOTDOWNS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1956.PDFReflections of B-52 Shootdowns, Follow-Up Nr One 1956
REFLECTIONS OF B-52 SHOOTDOWNS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1955.PDFReflections of B-52 Shootdowns, Follow-Up Nr One 1955
REFLECTIONS OF B-52 SHOOTDOWNS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1953.PDFReflections of B-52 Shootdowns, Follow-Up Nr One 1953
REFLECTIONS OF B-52 SHOOTDOWNS 1954.PDFReflections of B-52 Shootdowns 1954
REFLECTIONS OF B-52 SHOOTDOWNS 1953.PDFReflections of B-52 Shootdowns 1953
REFLECTIONS AND REACTIONS TO U.S. AIR OPERATIONS 21 DECEMBER 1972, SECTION FOUR OF FIVE 1959.PDFReflections and Reactions to U.S. Air Operations 21 December 1972, Section Four of Five 1959
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