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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ANOTHER TYPE AIR WARNING MESSAGE WAS OBSERVED ON 3 MAY, BEING PASSED BETWEEN TWO UNLOCATED TERMINALS 0079.PDFAnother Type Air Warning Message was Observed on 3 May, Being Passed Between Two Unlocated Terminals 0079
APPROACH MADE TO SAIGON REGARDING CAPTURED NEWSMEN SEEN IN CAMBODIA 1585.PDFApproach Made to Saigon Regarding Captured Newsmen Seen in Cambodia 1585
ARVN HELICOPTER TO BE SENT TO PHNOM PENH 1425.PDFARVN Helicopter to be Sent to Phnom Penh 1425
Attack on Na Khang: American KIA (01/06/1967)Attack on Na Khang: American KIA (01/06/1967)
B51 TECHNICAL SIGINT REPORT 002-92 NSA SIGINT CORRELATION STUDY - POW MIA.PDFB51 Technical SIGINT Report 002-92 NSA SIGINT Correlation Study - POW/MIA
B-52 Damaged by Surface-to-Air Missile, 1300Z Hour 18 December 1953B-52 Damaged by Surface-to-Air Missile, 1300Z Hour 18 December 1953
B52 Pilots Captured 1971B52 Pilots Captured 1971
BACH LONG VI CONGRATULATED FOR SHOOTDOWN 0237.PDFBach Long Vi Congratulated for Shootdown 0237
BANDIT REPORTED CAPTURED 1843.PDFBandit Reported Captured 1843
BASIC COMMAND POST BT-14 REPORTS ON RECEIVING A PRISONER 1734.PDFBasic Command Post BT-14 Reports on Receiving a Prisoner 1734
BATTALION 52 OF THE 267TH SAM REGIMENT SHOT DOWN ONE AIRCRAFT 1827.PDFBattalion 52 of the 267th SAM Regiment Shot Down One Aircraft 1827
BATTALION 54, NVN 267TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS MISSILE LAUNCHES ON 9 DECEMBER 1972 1951.PDFBattalion 54, NVN 267th SAM Regiment Reports Missile Launches on 9 December 1972 1951
BATTALION 72 OF THE 285TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN 1911.PDFBattalion 72 of the 285th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown 1911
BATTALION 74 OF THE 285TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1862.PDFBattalion 74 of the 285th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of Allied Aircraft 1862
BATTALION 74 OF THE 285TH SAM REGIMENT REPORTS SHOOTDOWN OF ALLIED AIRCRAFT 1863.PDFBattalion 74 of the 285th SAM Regiment Reports Shootdown of Allied Aircraft 1863
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