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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA did not need to have fired their weapons, but only to have been killed due to a…

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Missing, presumed dead

NATO definition

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Killed in action

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples16
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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Killed in action

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related to Missing, presumed dead · 8
Killed in action → British, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, John Kipling, MIA, PKIA, Rudyard Kipling, This, World War
related to External links · 4
Killed in action → Killed, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to NATO definition · 1
Killed in action → NATO

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killed action kia used hostile wounds personnel forces combat died missing presumed casualty medical naval nato also militaries terrorism term

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
accidental vehicle crashesinstance ofbut not from incidents0.80text
murderinstance ofbut not from incidents0.80text
or other non-hostile events or terrorisminstance ofbut not from incidents0.80text
Killed in actionrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Killed in actionrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Killed in actionrelated to External linksKilled0.60section
Killed in actionrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
Killed in actionrelated to Missing, presumed deadPKIA0.60section
Killed in actionrelated to Missing, presumed deadThis0.60section
Killed in actionrelated to Missing, presumed deadMIA0.60section
Killed in actionrelated to Missing, presumed deadWorld War0.60section
Killed in actionrelated to Missing, presumed deadJohn Kipling0.60section

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