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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BT-32 DISCUSSES U.S. POW 1734.PDFBT-32 Discusses U.S. POW 1734
BT-34 INFORMS 559TH GROUP OF A SHOOTDOWN 1437.PDFBT-34 Informs 559th Group of a Shootdown 1437
BT-41 REPORTS ON COMBAT RESULTS 1708.PDFBT-41 Reports on Combat Results 1708
BT-41 REPORTS ON COMBAT RESULTS, CHANGE ONE 1708.PDFBT-41 Reports on Combat Results, Change One 1708
BTN 12 REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT 1824.PDFBTN 12 Reports Shootdown of Unidentified Aircraft 1824
C-47 CRASHED, 21 DEAD 0505.PDFC-47 Crashed, 21 Dead 0505
C-47 SHOT DOWN BY DRV MIGS 0407.PDFC-47 Shot Down by DRV MIGs 0407
C-47 SHOT DOWN OVER LAOS ON 23 MARCH 1961.PDFC-47 Shot Down Over Laos on 23 March 1961 0003
C-47 SHOT DOWN OVER LAOS ON 23 MARCH 1961 0004.PDFC-47 Shot Down Over Laos on 23 March 1961 0004
Cambodia Reports Capture of American Personnel (04/01/1978)Cambodia Reports Capture of American Personnel (04/01/1978)
Cambodia Reports Capture of American Personnel Change One (04/21/1978)Cambodia Reports Capture of American Personnel Change One (04/21/1978)
Cambodian Communists Claim Downing of Helicopter on 14 June 1988Cambodian Communists Claim Downing of Helicopter on 14 June 1988
Cambodian Communists Report American Aircraft Shot Down Near Tram Khnar 1986Cambodian Communists Report American Aircraft Shot Down Near Tram Khnar 1986
CAMBODIAN FORCES ON ALERT FOLLOWING CAPTURE OF U.S. VESSEL, FOLLOW-UP NR 5 TO CRITIC 04-68 1228.PDFCambodian Forces on Alert Following Capture of U.S. Vessel, Follow-Up Nr 5 to Critic 04-68 1228
CAMBODIAN GHQ INSTRUCTS LOWER ECHELON TO OBTAIN PIECES OF DOWNED PLANE AT ALL COSTS 0042.PDFCambodian GHQ Instructs Lower Echelon to Obtain Pieces of Downed Plane at All Costs 0042
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