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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PROBABLE SHOOTDOWN OF A HOSTILE AIRCRAFT OVER DRV ON 3 APRIL 1966, FOLLOW UP 0294.PDFProbable Shootdown of a Hostile Aircraft Over DRV on 3 April 1966, Follow Up 0294
PROBABLE SHOOTDOWN OF A HOSTILE AIRCRAFT OVER DRV ON 3 APRIL 1966 0294.PDFProbable Shootdown of a Hostile Aircraft Over DRV on 3 April 1966 0294
PROBABLE NVN 367TH AIR DEFENSE DIVISION REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF FOUR U.S. AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR 7 1954.PDFProbable NVN 367th Air Defense Division Reports Shootdown of Four U.S. Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr 7 1954
PROBABLE NVAF MIG-21 AIRCRAFT REACT TO ALLIED AIRCRAFT OVER LAOS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1915.PDFProbable NVAF MIG-21 Aircraft React to Allied Aircraft Over Laos, Follow-Up Nr One 1915
Probable MIG-19's Active (02/14/1968)Probable MIG-19's Active (02/14/1968)
PROBABLE MIG AIRCRAFT SCHEDULED TO BAI THUONG AND VINH 1209.PDFProbable MIG Aircraft Scheduled to Bai Thuong and Vinh 1209
PROBABLE INDICATION PILOT CAPTURED ALIVE 0197.PDFProbable Indication Pilot Captured Alive 0197
PROBABLE INDICATION PILOT CAPTURED ALIVE 0196.PDFProbable Indication Pilot Captured Alive 0196
PROBABLE INDICATION PILOT CAPTURED ALIVE 0183.PDFProbable Indication Pilot Captured Alive 0183
PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS 591ST AAA REGIMENT ISSUES REPORT ON SHOOTDOWN 1983.PDFProbable Headquarters 591st AAA Regiment Issues Report on Shootdown 1983
PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS 591ST AAA REGIMENT ISSUES REPORT ON SHOOTDOWN 1982.PDFProbable Headquarters 591st AAA Regiment Issues Report on Shootdown 1982
PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS 591ST AAA REGIMENT ISSUES REPORT ON SHOOTDOWN 1981.PDFProbable Headquarters 591st AAA Regiment Issues Report on Shootdown 1981
DOC_700.PDFProbable Dien Ban District Unit Reports Recent Achievements (2051)
Probable Dien Ban District Unit Reports Recent Achievements (03/02/1970)Probable Dien Ban District Unit Reports Recent Achievements (03/02/1970)
1961).PDFProbable Description of Location of Eastern Nam Bo Interprovincial Committee Headquarters (12/18/1961)
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