killed in action

• killed-in-action

killed in action

1. The designation for a member of an organization (primarily military) who has died while on duty.
   • 1942 January 6, Franklin Roosevelt, 1942 President's Annual Message to Congress‎:

     There were only some four hundred United States marines who in the heroic and historic defense of Wake Island inflicted such great losses on the enemy. Some of those men were killed in action; and others are now prisoners of war.

• KIA / K.I.A. / K. I. A.

• kiyi
• missing in action / missing-in-action / MIA / M.I.A. / M. I. A.
• prisoner of war / prisoner-of-war / POW / P.O.W. / P. O. W.
• absent without leave / absent-without-leave / AWOL / A.W.O.L. / A. W. O. L.