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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FOLLOW-UP SPOT REPORT NR 69 1477.PDFFollow-Up Spot Report Nr 69 1477
FOLLOW-UP TWO AND FINAL TO USA-32 CRITIC 11-68 1327.PDFFollow-Up Two and Final to USA-32 Critic 11-68 1327
FOUR PILOTS CAPTURED 0150.PDFFour Pilots Captured 0150
FOUR PILOTS CAPTURED 0151.PDFFour Pilots Captured 0151
FOUR PILOTS CAPTURED 0152.PDFFour Pilots Captured 0152
FOURTEEN AIRCRAFT REPORTED DOWNED OVER NVN ON 10 MAY 1972 1848.PDFFourteen Aircraft Reported Downed Over NVN on 10 May 1972 1848
FOURTEEN AIRCRAFT REPORTED DOWNED OVER NVN ON 10 MAY 1972 1849.PDFFourteen Aircraft Reported Downed Over NVN on 10 May 1972 1849
FOURTEEN AIRCRAFT REPORTED DOWNED OVER NVN ON 10 MAY 1972 1850.PDFFourteen Aircraft Reported Downed Over NVN on 10 May 1972 1850
FURTHER REFLECTIONS OF SHOOTDOWNS AND CAPTURES IN VINH AREA 1792.PDFFurther Reflections of Shootdowns and Captures in Vinh Area 1792
FURTHER TO CAMBODIAN CAPTURE OF ALLIED MINE-SWEEP, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1183.PDFFurther to Cambodian Capture of Allied Mine-Sweep, Follow-Up Nr One 1183
FURTHER TO CAMBODIAN CAPTURE OF ALLIED VESSEL, FOLLOW-UP NR THREE 1183.PDFFurther to Cambodian Capture of Allied Vessel, Follow-Up Nr Three 1183
FURTHER TO CAPTURE OF US-ARVN VESSEL, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO 1183.PDFFurther to Capture of US-ARVN Vessel, Follow-Up Nr Two 1183
GIA LAI PROVINCIAL UNIT OBSERVATION STATION REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT AND DEATH OF AMERICANS 1726.PDFGia Lai Provincial Unit Observation Station Reports Shootdown of Aircraft and Death of Americans 1726
GROUP 473 REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT 1867.PDFGroup 473 Reports on Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft 1867
GULF OF TONKIN SITUATION REPORT NO. 5 0034.PDFGulf of Tonkin Situation Report No. 5 0034
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