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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NVAF MIG-21'S SHOOT DOWN THREE U.S. AIRCRAFT ON 24 JUNE 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1882.PDFNVAF MIG-21's Shoot Down Three U.S. Aircraft on 24 June 1972, Follow-Up Nr One 1882
NVAF MIGS IN REACTION TO ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1870.PDFNVAF MIGs in Reaction to Allied Aircraft 1870
NVAF MIGS IN REACTION TO ALLIED AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1880.PDFNVAF MIGs in Reaction to Allied Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1880
NVAF MIGS IN REACTION TO ALLIED AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1891.PDFNVAF MIGs in Reaction to Allied Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1891
NVAF MIGS IN REACTION TO ALLIED AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1892.PDFNVAF MIGs in Reaction to Allied Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1892
NVAF MIGS IN REACTION TO ALLIED AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR SIX AND FINAL 1785.PDFNVAF MIGs in Reaction to Allied Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr Six and Final 1785
NVAF SHOOTDOWN OF ONE F-4 AND CAPTURE OF PILOT 1798.PDFNVAF Shootdown of One F-4 and Capture of Pilot 1798
NVN 218TH AAA REGIMENT REPORTS U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER POSITIONS IN GULF OF TONKIN AND SHOOTDOWN OF F-105 1782.PDFNVN 218th AAA Regiment Reports U.S. Aircraft Carrier Positions in Gulf of Tonkin and Shootdown of F-105 1782
NVN 224TH AAA REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF TWO OV10'S AND CAPTURING THE PILOTS ALIVE 1734.PDFNVN 224th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of Two OV10's and Capturing the Pilots Alive 1734
NVN 238TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT 1830.PDFNVN 238th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft 1830
NVN 250TH AAA REGIMENT REFERENCES SHOOTDOWN OF AN F111A AIRCRAFT 1945.PDFNVN 250th AAA Regiment References Shootdown of an F111A Aircraft 1945
NVN 250TH AAA REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF B-52 AND F-4 AIRCRAFT AND CAPTURE OF B-52 CREWMEMBERS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1952.PDFNVN 250th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of B-52 and F-4 Aircraft and Capture of B-52 Crewmembers, Follow-Up Nr One 1952
NVN 250TH AAA REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF B-52 AND F-4 AIRCRAFT AND CAPTURE OF B-52 CREWMEMBERS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1953.PDFNVN 250th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of B-52 and F-4 Aircraft and Capture of B-52 Crewmembers, Follow-Up Nr One 1953
NVN 250TH AAA REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF B-52 AND F-4 AIRCRAFT AND CAPTURE OF B-52 CREWMEMBERS, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1954.PDFNVN 250th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of B-52 and F-4 Aircraft and Capture of B-52 Crewmembers, Follow-Up Nr One 1954
NVN 250TH AAA REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR TEN 1952.PDFNVN 250th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of Enemy Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr Ten 1952
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