missing in action

Summary

missing in action is a military casualty classification^[1]. It draws 864 Wikipedia views per month (military_casualty_classification category, ranking #3 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• missing in action's image is recorded as UnknownBritishSoldier.JPG^[3].
• missing in action's instance of is recorded as military casualty classification^[4].
• missing in action's subclass of is recorded as casualty^[5].
• missing in action's subclass of is recorded as missing person^[6].
• missing in action's subclass of is recorded as disappeared^[7].
• missing in action's Commons category is recorded as Missing in action^[8].
• missing in action's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025tpzw^[9].
• missing in action's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Military personnel missing in action^[10].
• missing in action's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10643234^[11].
• missing in action's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/missing-in-action^[12].
• missing in action's has characteristic is recorded as date of disappearance^[13].
• missing in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'nezvěstná v boji'}^[14].
• missing in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'zaginiona w akcji'}^[15].
• missing in action's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pogrešana v boju'}^[16].
• missing in action's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as missing-in-action^[17].
• missing in action's IPTC NewsCode is recorded as mediatopic/20000061^[18].
• missing in action's KBpedia ID is recorded as MissingInAction^[19].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for missing in action include Garden of the Missing Soldiers^[20], a cemetery^[21], in Israel^[22], founded in 2004^[23] and Mount POW/MIA^[24], a mountain^[25], in United States^[26].

Why It Matters

missing in action draws 864 Wikipedia views per month (military_casualty_classification category, ranking #3 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for it include Garden of the Missing Soldiers^[20], a cemetery^[21], in Israel^[22], founded in 2004^[23] and Mount POW/MIA^[24], a mountain^[25], in United States^[26].