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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DAILY TACTICAL SIGINT SUMMARY NR 023-70 1551.PDFDaily Tactical SIGINT Summary Nr 023-70 1551
DAILY TACTICAL SIGINT SUMMARY NR 91-68, SECTION ONE OF TWO 1112.PDFDaily Tactical SIGINT Summary Nr 91-68, Section One of Two 1112
DRV ENTITY MAKES MENTION OF DOWNED U.S. AIRCRAFT AND CAPTURED PILOTS IN CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE 0416.PDFDDRV Entity Makes Mention of Downed U.S. Aircraft and Captured Pilots in Congratulatory Message 0416
DEUANIST AAA UNIT REPORTS DOWNING AIRCRAFT 0498.PDFDeuanist AAA Unit Reports Downing Aircraft 0498
DEUANIST REPORT ON AMERICAN PILOT'S BELONGINGS 0498.PDFDeuanist Report on American Pilot's Belongings 0498
DEUANISTS CLAIM CAPTURE OF AMERICAN PILOT 0498.PDFDeuanists Claim Capture of American Pilot 0498
DEUANISTS CLAIM CAPTURED AMERICAN PILOT 0498.PDFDeuanists Claim Captured American Pilot 0498
DIRECTORATE OF WORK PROJECTS FOR REGION FOUR ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS OF HA TINH WORKCAMP 4 0459.PDFDirectorate of Work Projects for Region Four Issues Instructions of Ha Tinh Workcamp 4 0459
DIRNSA CRITIC 10-72, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1953.PDFDIRNSA Critic 10-72, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1953
DIRNSA CRITIC FOLLOW-UP ONE AND FINAL TO CRITIC 8-72 1971.PDFDIRNSA Critic Follow-Up One and Final to Critic 8-72 1971
DIRNSA FOLLOW-UP ONE AND FINAL TO USA-29 CRITIC 15-72 1958.PDFDIRNSA Follow-Up One and Final to USA-29 Critic 15-72 1958
DIRNSA FOLLOW-UP ONE AND FINAL TO USA-29 CRITIC 15-72 1959.PDFDIRNSA Follow-Up One and Final to USA-29 Critic 15-72 1959
DIRNSA FOLLOW-UP ONE AND FINAL TO USA-29 CRITIC 15-72 1960.PDFDIRNSA Follow-Up One and Final to USA-29 Critic 15-72 1960
DIRNSA FOLLOW-UP ONE AND FINAL TO USA-29 CRITIC 15-72 1965.PDFDIRNSA Follow-Up One and Final to USA-29 Critic 15-72 1965
DIRNSA FOLLOW-UP ONE AND FINAL TO USA-29 CRITIC 16-72 1976.PDFDIRNSA Follow-Up One and Final to USA-29 Critic 16-72 1976
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