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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559TH TRANSPORTATION GROUP ISSUES SITUATION INFORMATION 1596.PDF559th Transportation Group Issues Situation Information 1596
559TH TRANSPORTATION GROUP REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN OF AIRCRAFT 1596.PDF559th Transportation Group Reports on Shootdown of Aircraft 1596
559TH TRANSPORTATION GROUP REPORTS SHOOTDOWNS 1577.PDF559th Transportation Group Reports Shootdowns 1577
77TH SAM BATTALION REPORTS SHOOTDOWNS OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1914.PDF77th SAM Battalion Reports Shootdowns of Allied Aircraft 1914
77TH SAM BATTALION REPORTS SHOOTDOWNS OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1915.PDF77th SAM Battalion Reports Shootdowns of Allied Aircraft 1915
A U.S. OH6A HELICOPTER RECEIVED AA FIRE 1807.PDFA U.S. OH6A Helicopter Received AA Fire 0807
A-6 AIRCRAFT DOWNED IN THE VICINITY OF HUANG BINH 1851.PDFA-6 Aircraft Downed in the Vicinity of Huang Binh 1851
AAA UNIT REPORTS ON SHOOTDOWN AND CAPTURE OF AMERICAN PILOT 1908.PDFAAA Unit Reports on Shootdown and Capture of American Pilot 1908
AC-130 GUNSHIP OPERATING OVER SOUTHERN LAOS WENT DOWN 1807.PDFAC-130 Gunship Operating Over Southern Laos Went Down 1807
AC-130A WAS DOWNED BY SAM IN VR SECTOR 4 1807.PDFAC-130A was Downed by SAM in VR Sector 4 1807
ACS-INTELLIGENCE USSAG DISUM 149-73, SECTION TWO OF FOUR 1987.PDFACS/Intelligence USSAG DISUM 149-73, Section Two of Four 1987
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SHOOTDOWN OF ALLIED FIGHTER OVER LAOS 1782.PDFAdditional Information Concerning Shootdown of Allied Fighter Over Laos 1782
AERIAL ENGAGEMENT OVER NORTH VIETNAM RESULTS IN SHOOTDOWN OF ONE U.S. F-4 AND ONE MIG-21 1938.PDFAerial Engagement Over North Vietnam Results in Shootdown of One U.S. F-4 and One MIG-21 1938
AERIAL ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN NVAF AND ALLIED AIRCRAFT RESULT IN POSSIBLE SHOOTDOWN OF ONE U.S. F-4 AIRCRAFT 1931.PDFAerial Engagements Between NVAF and Allied Aircraft Result in Possible Shootdown of One U.S. F-4 Aircraft 1931
AERIAL ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN NVAF AND ALLIED AIRCRAFT RESULT IN POSSIBLE SHOOTDOWN OF ONE U.S. F-4 AIRCRAFT 1932.PDFAerial Engagements Between NVAF and Allied Aircraft Result in Possible Shootdown of One U.S. F-4 Aircraft 1932
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