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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DRV MIGS DOWN HELICOPTER ON 6 NOVEMBER 1965 0186.PDFDRV MIGs Down Helicopter on 6 November 1965 0186
DRV MIGS DOWN HELICOPTER ON 6 NOVEMBER 1965 0187.PDFDRV MIGs Down Helicopter on 6 November 1965 0187
DRV MIGS DOWN HOSTILE AIRCRAFT OVER THE DRV 0845.PDFDRV MIGs Down Hostile Aircraft Over the DRV 0845
DRV MIGS DOWN HOSTILE AIRCRAFT OVER THE DRV 0846.PDFDRV MIGs Down Hostile Aircraft Over the DRV 0846
DRV MIGS ENGAGE IN GCI ATTEMPTS AGAINST U.S. AND RESCUE OPERATIONS ON 6 NOVEMBER 1965 0186.PDFDRV MIGs Engage in GCI Attempts Against U.S. and Rescue Operations on 6 November 1965 0186
DRV MIGS ENGAGED HOSTILE AIRCRAFT NEAR HANOI 0547.PDFDRV MIGs Engaged Hostile Aircraft Near Hanoi 0547
DRV MIGS ENGAGED HOSTILE AIRCRAFT NEAR HANOI, FOLLOW UP NR ONE 0547.PDFDRV MIGs Engaged Hostile Aircraft Near Hanoi, Follow Up Nr One 0547
DRV MIGS PROBABLY ENGAGE HOSTILE AIRCRAFT NEAR HANOI ON 13 DECEMBER, FOLLOW UP NR ONE 0547.PDFDRV MIGs Probably Engage Hostile Aircraft Near Hanoi on 13 December, Follow Up Nr One 0547
DRV NAVAL ENTITY CLAIMS SIX U.S. AIRCRAFT DOWNED BY NAVAL AND AIR DEFENSE FORCES 0035.PDFDRV Naval Entity Claims Six U.S. Aircraft Downed by Naval and Air Defense Forces 0035
DRV NAVAL ENTITY REPORTS LOSSES AND CLAIMS TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN 0034.PDFDRV Naval Entity Reports Losses and Claims Two Enemy Aircraft Shot Down 0034
DRV NAVAL ENTITY REPORTS LOSSES AND CLAIMS TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN 0035.PDFDRV Naval Entity Reports Losses and Claims Two Enemy Aircraft Shot Down 0035
DRV NAVSUM FOR PERIOD 230700-240659 JANUARY 1966 0237.PDFDRV NAVSUM for Period 230700-240659 January 1966 0237
DRV NEWS ENTITY REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF TWO U.S. AIRCRAFT 0596.PDFDRV News Entity Reports Shootdown of Two U.S. Aircraft 0596
DRV SAM ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS REFLECT TWO SHOOTDOWNS AND TWO U.S. PILOT CAPTURES 1058.PDFDRV SAM Associated Communications Reflect Two Shootdowns and Two U.S. Pilot Captures 1058
DRV SAM ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS REFLECT TWO SHOOTDOWNS AND TWO U.S. PILOT CAPTURES 1059.PDFDRV SAM Associated Communications Reflect Two Shootdowns and Two U.S. Pilot Captures 1059
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