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killed in action

military casualty classification used for deaths of personnel, includes accidents and illness
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killed in action

Summary

killed in action is a military casualty classification[1]. It draws 18,794 Wikipedia views per month (military_casualty_classification category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • killed in action's instance of is recorded as military casualty classification[3].
  • killed in action's instance of is recorded as manner of death[4].
  • killed in action is a type of casualty[5].
  • killed in action is a type of war victim[6].
  • killed in action is a type of military casualties of war[7].
  • killed in action's Commons category is recorded as Killed in action[8].
  • killed in action's Unicode character is recorded as ⚔[9].
  • killed in action's different from is recorded as line-of-duty death[10].
  • killed in action's different from is recorded as death in battle[11].
  • killed in action's different from is recorded as killed by own invention[12].
  • killed in action's different from is recorded as suicide[13].
  • killed in action's different from is recorded as autoerotic fatality[14].
  • killed in action's different from is recorded as killed in the exercise of their profession[15].
  • killed in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'zabitá v boji'}[16].
  • killed in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'poległa w boju'}[17].
  • killed in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'قتلت في معركة'}[18].
  • killed in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'загінула ў баі'}[19].
  • killed in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'padla v boju'}[20].
  • killed in action's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include military casualty classification[3] and manner of death[4]. Recorded subclass of include casualty[5], war victim[6], and military casualties of war[7].

Why It Matters

killed in action draws 18,794 Wikipedia views per month (military_casualty_classification category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Subclass of → casualty, war victim, military casualties of war
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 201, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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