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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WRECKAGE OF DOWNED RVNAF PLANE IN TRANSIT 0042.PDFWreckage of Downed RVNAF Plane in Transit 0042
WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIER RELEASED BY CAMBODIA TO BE TAKEN TO SAIGON ON 06 JANUARY 1969 1331.PDFWounded American Soldier Released by Cambodia to be Taken to Saigon on 06 January 1969 1331
WEEKLY WATCH AND INTELLIGENCE REVIEW, SECTION ONE OF SEVEN 0896.PDFWeekly Watch and Intelligence Review, Section One of Seven 0896
Weekly Watch and Intelligence Review Section Two of Two (02/14/1968)Weekly Watch and Intelligence Review Section Two of Two (02/14/1968)
Weekly Watch and Intelligence Review Section Two of Seven (02/14/1968)Weekly Watch and Intelligence Review Section Two of Seven (02/14/1968)
WEEKLY REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT INTELLIGENCE AS OF 8 APRIL 1972, SECTION ONE OF TWO 1816.PDFWeekly Review of Significant Intelligence as of 8 April 1972, Section One of Two 1816
WEEKLY REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT INTELLIGENCE AS OF 8 APRIL 1972, SECTION ONE OF TWO 1813.PDFWeekly Review of Significant Intelligence as of 8 April 1972, Section One of Two 1813
WEEKLY REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT INTELLIGENCE AS OF 8 APRIL 1972, SECTION ONE OF TWO 1811.PDFWeekly Review of Significant Intelligence as of 8 April 1972, Section One of Two 1811
WEEKLY ENEMY ACTIVITY REPORTED 0221.PDFWeekly Enemy Activity Reported 0221
WEEKLY ENEMY ACTIVITY REPORTED 0178.PDFWeekly Enemy Activity Reported 0178
WEEKLY ENEMY ACTIVITY REPORTED 0176.PDFWeekly Enemy Activity Reported 0176
WEEKLY DRV AIR DEFENSE WRAP-UP, SECTION TWO OF FIVE 0680.PDFWeekly DRV Air Defense Wrap-Up, Section Two of Five 0680
WEEKLY DRV AIR DEFENSE WRAP-UP, SECTION TWO OF FIVE 0679.PDFWeekly DRV Air Defense Wrap-Up, Section Two of Five 0679
WEEKLY DRV AIR DEFENSE WRAP-UP, SECTION THREE OF SIX 0837.PDFWeekly DRV Air Defense Wrap-Up, Section Three of Six 0837
WEEKLY DRV AIR DEFENSE WRAP-UP, SECTION THREE OF NINE 0652.PDFWeekly DRV Air Defense Wrap-Up, Section Three of Nine 0652
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