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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NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE COMMAND POST LOCATION AND USE OF MOBILE TACTICAL GROUND CONTROLLERS 1861.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force Command Post Location and Use of Mobile Tactical Ground Controllers 1861
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE COMMAND POST LOCATION AND USE OF MOBILE TACTICAL GROUND CONTROLLERS 1863.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force Command Post Location and Use of Mobile Tactical Ground Controllers 1863
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE MIG-21'S REACT TO HOSTILITIES RESULTING IN LOSS OF A MIG-21 AND A U.S. AIRCRAFT, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE AND FINAL 1904.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force MIG-21's React to Hostilities Resulting in Loss of a MIG-21 and a U.S. Aircraft, Follow-Up Nr One and Final 1904
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE MIG-21'S SHOOTDOWN AN F-4 ON 18 DECEMBER 1971, FOLLOW-UP NR 1 (1027) 1784.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force MIG-21's Shootdown an F-4 on 18 December 1971, Follow-Up Nr 1 (1027) 1784
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE MIG-21'S SHOOTDOWN AN F-4 ON 18 DECEMBER 1971, FOLLOW-UP NR 1 1784.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force MIG-21's Shootdown an F-4 on 18 December 1971, Follow-Up Nr 1 1784
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE MIGS DOWN THREE U.S. AIRCRAFT - 27 JUNE 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1884.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force MIGs Down Three U.S. Aircraft - 27 June 1972, Follow-Up Nr One 1884
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE MIGS DOWN THREE U.S. AIRCRAFT - 27 JUNE 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1885.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force MIGs Down Three U.S. Aircraft - 27 June 1972, Follow-Up Nr One 1885
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE MIGS DOWN THREE U.S. AIRCRAFT - 27 JUNE 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1886.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force MIGs Down Three U.S. Aircraft - 27 June 1972, Follow-Up Nr One 1886
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE MIGS DOWN THREE U.S. AIRCRAFT - 27 JUNE 1972, FOLLOW-UP NR ONE 1887.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Force MIGs Down Three U.S. Aircraft - 27 June 1972, Follow-Up Nr One 1887
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR SUMMARY FOR 01-1700Z TO 02-1700Z APRIL 1972 1811.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Summary for 01/1700Z to 02/1700Z April 1972 1811
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR SUMMARY FOR 01-1700Z TO 02-1700Z APRIL 1972 1813.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Summary for 01/1700Z to 02/1700Z April 1972 1813
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR SUMMARY FOR 01-1700Z TO 02-1700Z OCTOBER 1972 1926.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Summary for 01/1700Z to 02/1700Z October 1972 1926
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR SUMMARY FOR 01-1700Z TO 02-1700Z SEPTEMBER 1972 1917.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Summary for 01/1700Z to 02/1700Z September 1972 1917
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR SUMMARY FOR 01-1700Z TO 02-1700Z SEPTEMBER 1972 1918.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Summary for 01/1700Z to 02/1700Z September 1972 1918
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR SUMMARY FOR 03-1700Z - 04-1700Z MARCH 1971 1715.PDFNorth Vietnamese Air Summary for 03/1700Z - 04/1700Z March 1971 1715
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