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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PAVN Rear Services Communications Reveal Disposition of Crashed Aircraft (04/04/1968)PAVN Rear Services Communications Reveal Disposition of Crashed Aircraft (04/04/1968)
PENETRATION OF HAINAN ISLAND AND THE LIUCHOU PENINSULA BY HOSTILE AIRCRAFT 0149.PDFPenetration of Hainan Island and the Liuchou Peninsula by Hostile Aircraft 0149
PERLIMINARY AIR ACTIVITY REPORT, SECTION ONE OF THREE 0651.PDFPerliminary Air Activity Report, Section One of Three 0651
PGM DIVISION 6 REPORTED PROBABLE SHOOTDOWN ENEMY AIRCRAFT 0332.PDFPGM Division 6 Reported Probable Shootdown Enemy Aircraft 0332
DOC_1583.PDFPha Thi Radar Station Lost (2052)
PHUC YEN AREA SAM SITE REPORTS DOUBLE MISSILE LAUNCH, SHOOTDOWN OF ONE HOSTILE AIRCRAFT, AND CAPTURE OF PILOT 1066.PDFPhuc Yen Area SAM Site Reports Double Missile Launch, Shootdown of One Hostile Aircraft, and Capture of Pilot 1066
PIECES OF DOWNED SOUTH VIETNAMESE PLANE BEING SENT TO FARK GHQ AS EVIDENCE 0042.PDFPieces of Downed South Vietnamese Plane Being Sent to FARK GHQ as Evidence 0042
PILOT DOWNED IN LE THUY DISTRICT 0338.PDFPilot Downed in Le Thuy District 0338
PILOT OF U.S. F-111 AIRCRAFT EVADES CAPTURE 1966.PDFPilot of U.S. F-111 Aircraft Evades Capture 1966
DOC_505.PDFPolice Report From Thua Thien, 26 July 1968 (9950)
POLICE REPORT FROM THUA THIEN, 26 JULY 1968 1228.PDFPolice Report From Thua Thien, 26 July 1968 1228
POSSIBLE 16TH AAA BATTALION REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN AND TRAINING 1544.PDFPossible 16th AAA Battalion Reports on Shootdown and Training 1544
POSSIBLE 16TH AAA BATTALION REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN AND TRAINING 1546.PDFPossible 16th AAA Battalion Reports on Shootdown and Training 1546
POSSIBLE 16TH AAA BATTALION REPORTS POSSIBLE SHOOTDOWN 1561.PDFPossible 16th AAA Battalion Reports Possible Shootdown 1561
POSSIBLE 16TH AAA BATTALION REPORTS SHOOTDOWN 1546.PDFPossible 16th AAA Battalion Reports Shootdown 1546
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