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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DOWNED PILOT IS TRANSPORTED NORTH, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1871.PDFDowned Pilot is Transported North, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1871
DOWNED U.S. NAVAL PILOTS REPORTED DEAD, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1940 (1).PDFDowned U.S. Naval Pilots Reported Dead, Follow-Up Nr One 1940
DOWNED U.S. NAVAL PILOTS REPORTED DEAD, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1940.PDFDowned U.S. Naval Pilots Reported Dead, Follow-Up Nr One 1940
DOWNED U.S. NAVAL PILOTS REPORTED DEAD, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1942 (1).PDFDowned U.S. Naval Pilots Reported Dead, Follow-Up Nr One 1942
DOWNED U.S. NAVAL PILOTS REPORTED DEAD, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1942.PDFDowned U.S. Naval Pilots Reported Dead, Follow-Up Nr One 1942
DOWNED US PILOT REPORTED CAPTURED IN DRV 0035.PDFDowned US Pilot Reported Captured in DRV 0035
DRV AIR DEFENSE REACTION TO HOSTILE AIRCRAFT IN THE HANOI AREA ON 17 AUGUST 0432.PDFDRV Air Defense Reaction to Hostile Aircraft in the Hanoi Area on 17 August 0432
DRV AIR DEFENSE UNIT REPORTS AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWNS AND PILOT CAPTURE, 5 MAY 1966 0328.PDFDRV Air Defense Unit Reports Aircraft Shootdowns and Pilot Capture, 5 May 1966 0328
DRV AIR SURVEILLANCE FACILITIES REFLECT PROBABLE INVALID INCURSION INTO CHICOM AIRSPACE - 23 FEBRUARY 1058.PDFDRV Air Surveillance Facilities Reflect Probable Invalid Incursion into CHICOM Airspace - 23 February 1058
DRV AIR SURVEILLANCE FACILITIES REFLECTED ONE MIG TRACK, SECTION TWO OF THREE 0459.PDFDRV Air Surveillance Facilities Reflected One MIG Track, Section Two of Three 0459
DRV CIVIL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK REFERENCE TO AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWNS AND CAPTURE OF PRISONERS 1952.PDFDRV Civil Communications Network Reference to Aircraft Shootdowns and Capture of Prisoners 1952
DRV CIVIL ENTITY REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT IN HANOI 0531.PDFDRV Civil Entity Reports Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft in Hanoi 0531
DRV CIVIL ENTITY REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT IN HANOI 0532.PDFDRV Civil Entity Reports Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft in Hanoi 0532
DRV CIVIL ENTITY REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT IN HANOI 0533.PDFDRV Civil Entity Reports Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft in Hanoi 0533
DRV CIVIL ENTITY REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT IN HANOI 0534.PDFDRV Civil Entity Reports Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft in Hanoi 0534
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