killed in action

English

Many Confederate generals were killed in battle. For example:
Albert Sidney Johnston Stonewall Jackson J. E. B. Stuart Leonidas Polk Patrick Cleburne

Alternative forms

• killed-in-action

Adjective

killed in action (not comparable)

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^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• KIA / K.I.A. / K. I. A.

Coordinate terms

• 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.

Translations

dead on duty

• Finnish: kaatunut taistelussa
• French: mort au combat, mort en service
• Polish: zabity w akcji
• Russian: уби́т в бою́ m (ubít v bojú)
• Spanish: muerto en combate
• Ukrainian: уби́тий у бою́ (ubýtyj u bojú)