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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ENEMY 22 DECEMBER 1965 ACTIVITY REPORTED 0219.PDFEnemy 22 December 1965 Activity Reported 0219
ENEMY 22 DECEMBER 1965 ACTIVITY REPORTED 0220.PDFEnemy 22 December 1965 Activity Reported 0220
DOC_1580.PDFEnemy Activity in 2 Military Region Including Attacks on Tha Thom, Sala Dene Dine Pass and Phou Pha Thi Sector During the Period 17th February to 19th March 1968
ENEMY AIR AND SEA ACTIVITY REPORTED 0141.PDFEnemy Air and Sea Activity Reported 0141
Enemy Attack on Command Post Tactical Group SAM Neua at Na Khang 6th January 1967 (01/06/1967)Enemy Attack on Command Post Tactical Group SAM Neua at Na Khang 6th January 1967 (01/06/1967)
ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEADQUARTERS 14TH AAA BATTALION REPORTS SHOOTDOWN 1437.PDFEntity Associated with the Headquarters 14th AAA Battalion Reports Shootdown 1437
EVENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM 29TH JUNE - 7TH JULY 1966 0381.PDFEvents in South Vietnam 29th June - 7th July 1966 0381
EVENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM 29TH JUNE - 7TH JULY 1966 0384.PDFEvents in South Vietnam 29th June - 7th July 1966 0384
EVENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM 29TH JUNE - 7TH JULY 1966 0388.PDFEvents in South Vietnam 29th June - 7th July 1966 0388
F-105 DOWNED AT SA LEUI, SAM NEUA PROVINCE 0935.PDFF-105 Downed at Sa Leui, Sam Neua Province 0935
F-105 IN FLAMES; PILOT PARACHUTES 0411.PDFF-105 in Flames; Pilot Parachutes 0411
F-105 IN FLAMES; PILOT PARACHUTES 0414.PDFF-105 in Flames; Pilot Parachutes 0414
F-105 POSSIBLY DOWNED IN DRV, PILOT POSSIBLY CAPTURED 0432.PDFF-105 Possibly Downed in DRV, Pilot Possibly Captured 0432
F-105 REPORTED DOWN ON 9 AUGUST 1246.PDFF-105 Reported Down on 9 August 1246
F4 DOWNED AND POSSIBLY THREE PILOTS BEING HELD CAPTIVE NEAR KIM BANG, FOLLOW UP NR ONE 0490.PDFF4 Downed and Possibly Three Pilots Being Held Captive Near Kim Bang, Follow Up Nr One 0490
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