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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NORTH VIETNAMESE MAKE REFERENCE TO A CAPTURED AMERICAN MAJOR 1987.PDFNorth Vietnamese Make Reference to a Captured American Major 1987
NORTH VIETNAMESE REFERENCE TO HOLDING AN AMERICAN PRISONER 1987.PDFNorth Vietnamese Reference to Holding an American Prisoner 1987
NSA SIGINT CORRELATION STUDY - POWMIA.PDFNSA SIGINT Correlation Study - POW/MIA
NVA 27B REGIMENTAL ELEMENT REPORTS AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWN 1703.PDFNVA 27B Regimental Element Reports Aircraft Shootdown 1703
NVA 2D REGIMENT IN LAOS RELAYS COMPANY 30 REPORT 1560.PDFNVA 2d Regiment in Laos Relays Company 30 Report 1560
NVA 38TH ARTILLERY REGIMENT ELEMENT REPORTS AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWN 1715.PDFNVA 38th Artillery Regiment Element Reports Aircraft Shootdown 1715
NVA 38TH ARTILLERY REGIMENT ELEMENT REPORTS AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWN 1717.PDFNVA 38th Artillery Regiment Element Reports Aircraft Shootdown 1717
NVA AAA UNIT OF THE 274TH SAM REGIMENT SHOOTS DOWN ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1845.PDFNVA AAA Unit of the 274th SAM Regiment Shoots Down Allied Aircraft 1845
NVA CONVERSATION REFERENCES CRASH OF AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR THREE AND FINAL 1951.PDFNVA Conversation References Crash of Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr Three and Final 1951
DOC_1546.PDFNVA Element Directs Interrogation of U.S. Prisoners (2020)
NVA ELEMENT DIRECTS INTERROGATION OF U.S. PRISONERS 1996.PDFNVA Element Directs Interrogation of U.S. Prisoners 1996
NVA ELEMENT MAKES REFERENCE TO SEVEN POW'S 1987.PDFNVA Element Makes Reference to Seven POW's 1987
DOC_1574.PDFNVA Element References Crew/Passengers of Civil Aircraft Lost in SVN, Follow-Up Nr One and Final (2050)
DOC_1575.PDFNVA Element References Crew/Passengers of Civil Aircraft Lost Over SVN (2050)
NVA ELEMENTS IN ROUTE 71 AREA, NORTHERN LAOS, PREPARE TO AMBUSH PRO-GOVERNMENT HELICOPTERS 1596.PDFNVA Elements in Route 71 Area, Northern Laos, Prepare to Ambush Pro-Government Helicopters 1596
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