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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BATTALION 77, 264TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS MISSILE LAUNCH 1934.PDFBattalion 77, 264th SAM Regiment Reports Missile Launch 1934
Battalion 78, NVN 264th Regiment Reports the Capture of a U.S. B-52 Aircrew 1953Battalion 78, NVN 264th Regiment Reports the Capture of a U.S. B-52 Aircrew 1953
Battalion 78, NVN 264th Regiment Reports the Capture of a U.S. B-52 Aircrew 1954Battalion 78, NVN 264th Regiment Reports the Capture of a U.S. B-52 Aircrew 1954
BATTALION 83 OF NVN 238TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT 1715.PDFBattalion 83 of NVN 238th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of Unidentified Aircraft 1715
BATTALION 83 OF THE 238TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTED SUCCESSFUL SHOOTDOWN OF UNIDENTIFIED U.S. AIRCRAFT 1715.PDFBattalion 83 of the 238th SAM Regiment Reported Successful Shootdown of Unidentified U.S. Aircraft 1715
BATTALION 84, 238TH SAM REGIMENT CAPTURES A-7 PILOT, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1919.PDFBattalion 84, 238th SAM Regiment Captures A-7 Pilot, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1919
BATTALION 84, 238TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT 1919.PDFBattalion 84, 238th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of Aircraft 1919
BATTALION 84, 238TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT 1920.PDFBattalion 84, 238th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of Aircraft 1920
BATTALION 89 SHOOTS DOWN AN F-4 1782.PDFBattalion 89 Shoots Down an F-4 1782
BEKANIST AAA CLAIMS DOWNING OF ONE F-104 AIRCRAFT 0484.PDFBekanist AAA Claims Downing of One F-104 Aircraft 0484
BEKANIST AAA CLAIMS DOWNING OF ONE F-104 AIRCRAFT 0485.PDFBekanist AAA Claims Downing of One F-104 Aircraft 0485
BINH TRAM 14 QUERIES SHOOTDOWN 1505.PDFBinh Tram 14 Queries Shootdown 1505
BINH TRAM 32 ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS ON SHOOTDOWN 1546.PDFBinh Tram 32 Issues Instructions on Shootdown 1546
BINH TRAM 33 ISSUES COMMENDATION 1544.PDFBinh Tram 33 Issues Commendation 1544
Binh Tram 33 Issues Communique (02/05/1971)Binh Tram 33 Issues Communique (02/05/1971)
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