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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REFLECTIONS AND REACTIONS TO U.S. AIR OPERATIONS 21 DECEMBER 1972, SECTION FOUR OF FIVE 1958.PDFReflections and Reactions to U.S. Air Operations 21 December 1972, Section Four of Five 1958
REFERENCES OF AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWNS AND PRISONERS CAPTURED ON DRV CIVIL COMMUNICATIONS, FOLLOW-UP NR THREE 1952.PDFReferences of Aircraft Shootdowns and Prisoners Captured on DRV Civil Communications, Follow-Up Nr Three 1952
REFERENCE TO PRISONERS HELD BY SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNISTS 1987.PDFReference to Prisoners Held by Southeast Asian Communists 1987
REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE SHOOTDOWN OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1897.PDFReference to Possible Shootdown of Allied Aircraft 1897
REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE SHOOTDOWN OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1895.PDFReference to Possible Shootdown of Allied Aircraft 1895
RECAP OF 15 APRIL NVN SAM ACTIVITY 1827.PDFRecap of 15 April NVN SAM Activity 1827
REAR SERVICE ELEMENT REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT 1570.PDFRear Service Element Reports on Shootdown of Aircraft 1570
REAR SERVICE ELEMENT DISCUSSES BATTLE SITUATION 1600.PDFRear Service Element Discusses Battle Situation 1600
REACTIONS TO U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER HAINAN ISLAND, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO 0149.PDFReactions to U.S. Aircraft Over Hainan Island, Follow-Up Nr Two 0149
REACTIONS TO U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER HAINAN ISLAND, FOLLOW-UP NR THREE 0149.PDFReactions to U.S. Aircraft Over Hainan Island, Follow-Up Nr Three 0149
RE AMERICAN PILOT AT MUONG SAI 0087.PDFRE American Pilot at Muong Sai 0087
RE AMERICAN PILOT AT MUONG SAI 0084.PDFRE American Pilot at Muong Sai 0084
Quang Ngai Provincial Unit Discusses Prisoners (1580) (04/01/1973)Quang Ngai Provincial Unit Discusses Prisoners (1580) (04/01/1973)
Quang Ngai Provincial Unit Discusses Prisoners (1579) (04/01/1973)Quang Ngai Provincial Unit Discusses Prisoners (1579) (04/01/1973)
QUANG BINH PROVINCIAL UNIT ISSUES REPORT ON AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWN 1366.PDFQuang Binh Provincial Unit Issues Report on Aircraft Shootdown 1366
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