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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NVN 250TH AAA REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR TEN 1961.PDFNVN 250th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of Enemy Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr Ten 1961
NVN 267TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT AND REACTION AGAINST SUBSEQUENT S.A.R., FOLLOW-UP NR ONE, SECTION ONE 1951.PDFNVN 267th SAM Regiment Reports on Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft and Reaction Against Subsequent S.A.R., Follow-Up Nr One, Section One 1951
NVN 267TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT AND REACTION AGAINST SUBSEQUENT S.A.R., FOLLOW-UP NR ONE, SECTION TWO 1951.PDFNVN 267th SAM Regiment Reports on Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft and Reaction Against Subsequent S.A.R., Follow-Up Nr One, Section Two 1951
NVN 275TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF TWO AIRCRAFT AND DEATH OF PILOTS 1743.PDFNVN 275th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of Two Aircraft and Death of Pilots 1743
NVN 284th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of an F4 and Death of One Crewmember Follow-Up Nr One and Final (08/22/1972)NVN 284th AAA Regiment Reports Shootdown of an F4 and Death of One Crewmember Follow-Up Nr One and Final (08/22/1972)
NVN 293RD RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT DISCUSSES THE F-111 AIRCRAFT 1929.PDFNVN 293rd Reconnaissance Regiment Discusses the F-111 Aircraft 1929
NVN 377TH AIR DEFENSE DIVISION REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT 1890.PDFNVN 377th Air Defense Division Reports Shootdown of Two Enemy Aircraft 1890
NVN AAA ELEMENTS REPORT THE SHOOT DOWN OF ONE F-4 AIRCRAFT 1845.PDFNVN AAA Elements Report the Shoot Down of One F-4 Aircraft 1845
NVN AIR DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS REVEAL THE SHOOTDOWN OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT 1895.PDFNVN Air Defense Communications Reveal the Shootdown of Enemy Aircraft 1895
NVN AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS REACTIONS TO U.S. AIR OPERATIONS OVER NVN, 28 JAN 70, FOLLOW-UP NR NINETEEN 1552.PDFNVN Air Defense Weapons Reactions to U.S. Air Operations Over NVN, 28 Jan 70, Follow-Up Nr Nineteen 1552
NVN AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS REACTIONS TO U.S. AIR OPERATIONS OVER NVN, 28 JAN 70, FOLLOW-UP NR NINETEEN 1553.PDFNVN Air Defense Weapons Reactions to U.S. Air Operations Over NVN, 28 Jan 70, Follow-Up Nr Nineteen 1553
NVN AIR SURVEILLANCE COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSS THE CRASH OF AN ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1881.PDFNVN Air Surveillance Communications Discuss the Crash of an Allied Aircraft 1881
NVN AIR SURVEILLANCE COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSS THE CRASH OF AN ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1882.PDFNVN Air Surveillance Communications Discuss the Crash of an Allied Aircraft 1882
NVN AIR SURVEILLANCE TRACKING OF POSSIBLE F-111 IN HANOI AREA, 16 OCTOBER 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1939.PDFNVN Air Surveillance Tracking of Possible F-111 in Hanoi Area, 16 October 1972, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1939
NVN AIR-AIR DEFENSE REACTION TO U.S. AIR OPERATIONS OVER NVN 0900-1100Z 27 APRIL 1972 1838.PDFNVN Air/Air Defense Reaction to U.S. Air Operations Over NVN 0900-1100Z 27 April 1972 1838
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