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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Possible Capture of American by Pathet Lao (08/28/1968)Possible Capture of American by Pathet Lao (08/28/1968)
POSSIBLE COMPROMISE DUE TO LOSS OF RU-1 CAFE GIRL AIRCRAFT 1381.PDFPossible Compromise Due to Loss of RU-1 "Cafe Girl" Aircraft 1381
POSSIBLE DOWNING OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT OVER NVN 1966.PDFPossible Downing of Allied Aircraft Over NVN 1966
POSSIBLE LOSS OF A MIG-21 AND A U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER NORTH VIETNAM 0878.PDFPossible Loss of a MIG-21 and a U.S. Aircraft Over North Vietnam 0878
POSSIBLE LOSS OF A MIG-21 AND A U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER NORTH VIETNAM 0879.PDFPossible Loss of a MIG-21 and a U.S. Aircraft Over North Vietnam 0879
POSSIBLE LOSS OF A MIG-21 AND A U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER NORTH VIETNAM 0880.PDFPossible Loss of a MIG-21 and a U.S. Aircraft Over North Vietnam 0880
POSSIBLE LOSS OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1971.PDFPossible Loss of Allied Aircraft 1971
POSSIBLE LOSS OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT OVER NVN 1940.PDFPossible Loss of Allied Aircraft Over NVN 1940
POSSIBLE LOSS OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT OVER NVN, FOLLOW-UP NR TWO AND FINAL 1940.PDFPossible Loss of Allied Aircraft Over NVN, Follow-Up Nr Two and Final 1940
POSSIBLE NVN 275TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS MISSILE LAUNCHES BY POSSIBLE BATTALIONS 66 AND 67, 275TH SAM REGIMENT 1951.PDFPossible NVN 275th SAM Regiment Reports Missile Launches by Possible Battalions 66 and 67, 275th SAM Regiment 1951
POSSIBLE POLITICAL OFFICER, VC 1ST INFANTRY BATTALION, DISCUSSES CAPTURE OF ALLIED PERSONNEL 1708.PDFPossible Political Officer, VC 1st Infantry Battalion, Discusses Capture of Allied Personnel 1708
POSSIBLE SAM SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT NOTED 18 NOVEMBER 1965 0194.PDFPossible SAM Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft Noted 18 November 1965 0194
POSSIBLE SAM SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER DRV 23 DECEMBER 1965 0221.PDFPossible SAM Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft Over DRV 23 December 1965 0221
POSSIBLE SAM SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER DRV 23 DECEMBER 1965, FOLLOW UP NR THREE 0221.PDFPossible SAM Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft Over DRV 23 December 1965, Follow Up Nr Three 0221
POSSIBLE SAM SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. AIRCRAFT OVER DRV 23 DECEMBER 1965, FOLLOW UP NR TWO 0221.PDFPossible SAM Shootdown of U.S. Aircraft Over DRV 23 December 1965, Follow Up Nr Two 0221
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