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 SAM REACTIONS TO HOSTILE AIR ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHERN NORTH VIETNAM, 17 FEBRUARY 1798.PDFNVN SAM Reactions to Hostile Air Activity Over Southern North Vietnam, 17 February 1798
NVN SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF TWO ALLIED AIRCRAFT, 20 APRIL 1972 1830.PDFNVN SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of Two Allied Aircraft, 20 April 1972 1830
NVN SAM UNIT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN 1906 (1).PDFNVN SAM Unit Reports Shootdown 1906
NVN SAM UNIT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN 1906.PDFNVN SAM Unit Reports Shootdown 1906
NVN SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE POST LAUNCH REPORT RECAP, 27 DECEMBER 1972 1976.PDFNVN Surface-to-Air Missile Post Launch Report Recap, 27 December 1972 1976
ONE ALLIED AIRCRAFT DOWN IN EXTREME EASTERN EDGE OF DMZ 1871.PDFOne Allied Aircraft Down in Extreme Eastern Edge of DMZ 1871
ONE ALLIED AIRCRAFT DOWNED ON 13 MAY 1972 1856.PDFOne Allied Aircraft Downed on 13 May 1972 1856
ONE ALLIED AIRCRAFT DOWNED ON 13 MAY 1972 1857.PDFOne Allied Aircraft Downed on 13 May 1972 1857
ONE ALLIED OV-10 PROBABLY SHOT DOWN OVER NVN ON 19 MAY 1972 1860.PDFOne Allied OV-10 Probably Shot Down Over NVN on 19 May 1972 1860
ONE F-105 DOWNED BY GROUND FIRE IN VICINITY OF DONG ANH 0445.PDFOne F-105 Downed by Ground Fire in Vicinity of Dong Anh 0445
ONE F-105 DOWNED BY GROUND FIRE IN VICINITY OF DONG ANH 0446.PDFOne F-105 Downed by Ground Fire in Vicinity of Dong Anh 0446
ONE HOSTILE AIRCRAFT DOWNED NORTH OF THAI NGYEN 0416.PDFOne Hostile Aircraft Downed North of Thai Ngyen 0416
ONE HOSTILE AIRCRAFT DOWNED NORTH OF THAI NGYEN 0417.PDFOne Hostile Aircraft Downed North of Thai Ngyen 0417
ONE HOSTILE AIRCRAFT DOWNED NORTH OF THAI NGYEN 0418.PDFOne Hostile Aircraft Downed North of Thai Ngyen 0418
ONE HOSTILE AIRCRAFT DOWNED NORTH OF THAI NGYEN 0419.PDFOne Hostile Aircraft Downed North of Thai Ngyen 0419
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