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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INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL LIAISON NO. 2292 PERIOD, 25TH JANUARY - 22ND FEBRUARY 1970 1058.PDFInternational Political Liaison No. 2292 Period, 25th January - 22nd February 1970 1058
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL LIAISON NO. 2292 PERIOD, 25TH JANUARY - 22ND FEBRUARY 1970 1327.PDFInternational Political Liaison No. 2292 Period, 25th January - 22nd February 1970 1327
DOC_1576.PDFKC Claim Downing a C-123 Aircraft (2050)
DOC_1577.PDFKC Claim Shootdown of Two Aircraft in December (2050)
DOC_1560.PDFKC Discuss Disposition of Foreigners in Phnom Penh (2020)
KC DISCUSS DISPOSITION OF FOREIGNERS IN PHNOM PENH 8.PDFKC Discuss Disposition of Foreigners in Phnom Penh (2038)
KC DISCUSS DISPOSITION OF FOREIGNERS IN PHNOM PENH 1996.PDFKC Discuss Disposition of Foreigners in Phnom Penh 1996
DOC_1550.PDFKC Discusses Disposition of Personnel and Property in Cambodia, Follow-Up One and Final (2020)
KC DISCUSSES DISPOSITION OF PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY IN CAMBODIA, FOLLOW-UP ONE AND FINAL 1996.PDFKC Discusses Disposition of Personnel and Property in Cambodia, Follow-Up One and Final 1996
DOC_1565.PDFKC Report American Casualties on Koh Tang Island; Return to Normal Activities, Follow-Up Nr Two and Final (2002)
KC REPORT AMERICAN CASUALTIES ON KOH TANG ISLAND; RETURN TO NORMAL ACTIVITIES, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO AND FINAL.PDFKC Report American Casualties on Koh Tang Island; Return to Normal Activities, Follow-Up Nr Two and Final (2003)
KC REPORT AMERICAN CASUALTIES ON KOH TANG ISLAND; RETURN TO NORMAL ACTIVITIES, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO AND FINAL 12.PDFKC Report American Casualties on Koh Tang Island; Return to Normal Activities, Follow-Up Nr Two and Final (2038)
DOC_1564.PDFKC Report on American KIA's (2002)
KC REPORT ON AMERICAN KIA'S.PDFKC Report on American KIA's (2003)
KC REPORT ON AMERICAN KIA'S 11.PDFKC Report on American KIA's (2038)
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