Missing in action
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Missing in action (MIA) is a casualty classification assigned to combatants, military chaplains, combat medics, and prisoners of war who are reported missing during wartime or ceasefire. They may have been killed, wounded, captured, or deserted. If deceased, neither their remains nor grave has been positively identified. Becoming MIA has been an occupational risk for as long as there has been warfare.
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See also
- DUSTWUN
- Garden of the Missing in Action
- Israeli MIAs
- Tomb of the unknown soldier
- West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
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