Military term describing someone reported missing during service
This article is about the military term. For other uses, see Missing in action (disambiguation).
Grave of an unknown British combatant, killed in 1943 during the Battle of Leros. Because his identity is unknown, he is missing in action.Grave of 12 unknown British and/or Commonwealth soldiers. Buried in Stanley Military Cemetery, Hong Kong.The Garden of the Missing in Action in the National Military and Police Cemetery in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
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.
in action. This term is used when personnel are lost in battle, initially listed missinginaction (MIA), but after not being found, are later presumed...
the MissinginAction (Hebrew: גן הנעדרים, romanized: Gan HaNe'edarim, lit. 'Garden of the Missing') is a commemorative garden on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem...
Look up missingin Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Missing or The Missing may refer to: Missing (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James...
listed as missinginaction. Four Australian Army soldiers and two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) were classified "missinginaction" in four separate...
a missing person as soon as possible. This is in order to take immediate actionin the vital first 48 hours after a person is declared missing. In these...
signed to Cleopatra Records and released a new studio album titled MissinginAction. During the summer of 2014, she signed with GRA Records for a new...
were 18 Puerto Ricans missinginactionin the Vietnam War, from a total of 2,338 people that were listed as MissinginAction. This total, with the exception...
Retrieved 2013-03-03. Gerry J. Gilmore. "'Missing Man' Ceremony Honors Prisoners of War, MissinginAction". American Forces Press Service. Archived from...
been listed as missinginaction. The term "MIA" dates from 1946 and refers to a member of the armed services who is reported missing following a combat...
Israeli MIA are members of the Israel Defense Forces who are missinginaction. Despite efforts to locate and repatriate them, their whereabouts remain...
casualties Included in total are 35,000 killed or missinginaction and died of wounds Figures include 13,716 killed and 24,456 missing up until Nov.11,...
weapon systems officer (WSO) who has officially been classified as missinginaction since October 1986. Arad was lost on a mission over Lebanon and is...
the MissinginAction (burial places are unknown) Memorial for the Jewish soldiers in the Red Army in World War II Memorial for the Jewish soldiers in the...
page guide to the missing episodes which exist in tele-snap form, with details how they came to be wiped. Doctor Who – MissinginAction (1993) – a documentary...
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