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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MOLNA REPORTS 3 U.S. ADVISORS CAPTURED AT LOC NINH 1819.PDFMolna Reports 3 U.S. Advisors Captured at Loc Ninh 1819
DOC_1554.PDFMovement of Personnel From South to North Vietnam Increases (2020)
MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL FROM SOUTH TO NORTH VIETNAM INCREASES 2.PDFMovement of Personnel From South to North Vietnam Increases (2038)
MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL FROM SOUTH TO NORTH VIETNAM INCREASES 1996.PDFMovement of Personnel From South to North Vietnam Increases 1996
MULTICHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS REVEAL SHOOTDOWNS ON 10 AND 12 FEB 71 1701.PDFMultichannel Communications Reveal Shootdowns on 10 and 12 Feb 71 1701
MULTICHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS REVEAL SHOOTDOWNS ON 10 AND 12 FEB 71 1702.PDFMultichannel Communications Reveal Shootdowns on 10 and 12 Feb 71 1702
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DAILY GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF REAR SERVICE SUMMARY NR 060, 1 MARCH 1970 1560.PDFNational Security Agency Daily General Directorate of Rear Service Summary Nr 060, 1 March 1970 1560
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DAILY GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF REAR SERVICE SUMMARY NR 060, 1 MARCH 1970 1561.PDFNational Security Agency Daily General Directorate of Rear Service Summary Nr 060, 1 March 1970 1561
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DAILY GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF REAR SERVICES SUMMARY NR 113, SECTION ONE OF TWO 1585.PDFNational Security Agency Daily General Directorate of Rear Services Summary Nr 113, Section One of Two 1585
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DAILY SIGINT INFILTRATION SUMMARY NR 167 1326.PDFNational Security Agency Daily SIGINT Infiltration Summary Nr 167 1326
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DAILY SIGINT INFILTRATION SUMMARY NR 193, 14 DECEMBER 1968 1340.PDFNational Security Agency Daily SIGINT Infiltration Summary Nr 193, 14 December 1968 1340
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DAILY SIGINT INFILTRATION SUMMARY NR 331, 27 NOVEMBER 1969, SECTION ONE OF TWO 1530.PDFNational Security Agency Daily SIGINT Infiltration Summary Nr 331, 27 November 1969, Section One of Two 1530
National Security Agency Southeast Asia SIGINT Summary (02/14/1971)National Security Agency Southeast Asia SIGINT Summary (02/14/1971)
National Security Agency Southeast Asia SIGINT Summary (11/28/1972)National Security Agency Southeast Asia SIGINT Summary (11/28/1972)
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SOUTHEAST ASIA SIGINT SUMMARY (619) 1413.PDFNational Security Agency Southeast Asia SIGINT Summary (619) 1413
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