Missing in action
Military term describing someone reported missing during service / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the military term. For other uses, see Missing in action (disambiguation).
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, executed, or deserted. If deceased, neither their remains nor grave have been positively identified. Becoming MIA has been an occupational risk for as long as there has been warfare.