Talk:Taihou/@comment-36.73.182.206-20140110024926/@comment-149.172.165.21-20140110122202

There are two military terms for this.

K.I.A. = killed in action

M.I.A. = missed in action

While KIA refers to a person that was surely killed by hostile forces, MIA refers to a person who may have been killed, wounded, become a prisoner of war, or deserted.