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 MIG-21'S ENGAGE HOSTILES OVER THE DRV 0896.PDF\DRV MIG-21'S ENGAGE HOSTILES OVER THE DRV 0896
HANOI SAM CONTROLLER MENTIONS CAPTURE OF PILOT, FOLLOW UP NR ONE 0420.PDF• Hanoi SAM Controller Mentions Capture of Pilot, Follow Up Nr One 0420
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SOUTHEAST ASIA SIGINT SUMMARY, SECTION FOUR 1894.PDF• National Security Agency Southeast Asia SIGINT Summary, Section Four 1894
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SOUTHEAST SIGINT SUMMARY, SECTION FOUR 1819.PDF• National Security Agency Southeast SIGINT Summary, Section Four 1819
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR SUMMARY FOR 17-1700Z TO 18-1700Z DECEMBER 1972 1953.PDF• North Vietnamese Air Summary for 17/1700Z to 18/1700Z December 1972 1953
THREE HOSTILE AIRCRAFT REPORTED DOWNED, TWO EAST OF HAIPHONG, FOLLOW UP NR ONE 0416.PDF• Three Hostile Aircraft Reported Downed, Two East of Haiphong, Follow Up Nr One 0416
U.S. F-111 PILOTS CONTINUES TO EVADE CAPTURE 1966.PDF• U.S. F-111 Pilots Continues to Evade Capture 1966
14TH AAA BATTALION ISSUES ORDERS 1560.PDF14th AAA Battalion Issues Orders 1560
14TH AAA BATTALION ISSUES ORDERS 1561.PDF14th AAA Battalion Issues Orders 1561
14TH BATTALION REPORTS AIRCRAFT SHOOTDOWNS 0362.PDF14th Battalion Reports Aircraft Shootdowns 0362
16TH AAA BATTALION ISSUES AIR ACTIVITY AND SITUATION REPORT 1573.PDF16th AAA Battalion Issues Air Activity and Situation Report 1573
16TH AAA BATTALION ISSUES AIR ACTIVITY AND SITUATION REPORT 1576.PDF16th AAA Battalion Issues Air Activity and Situation Report 1576
16TH AAA BATTALION ISSUES SHOOTDOWN INFORMATION 1561.PDF16th AAA Battalion Issues Shootdown Information 1561
16TH AAA BATTALION ISSUES SHOOTDOWN INFORMATION 1573.PDF16th AAA Battalion Issues Shootdown Information 1573
16TH AAA BATTALION ISSUES SHOOTDOWN INFORMATION 1576.PDF16th AAA Battalion Issues Shootdown Information 1576
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