Missing in action
military casualty classification used for military persons missing during active service due to apparently involuntary reasons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Missing in action (MIA) refers to a soldier who is reported to have gone missing during active service. The soldier may have been killed, injured, captured or deserted. It is not known what happened to them. If they are dead, neither their body nor grave can be found or identified. Going missing in action has been a risk for people in armed forces for as long as there has been war.
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World War II
According to the US Dept of Defense as of December 30, 2021:
- MIAS-North America: 2,359
- MIAS-South America: 646
- MIAS-Europe: 20,908
- MIAS-Middle East: 16
- MIAS-Africa: 984
- MIAS-Asia/Pacific: 47,063
- Total of MIA US Servicemen/civilians: 72,350 [1]
According to official US Department of Army and Department of Navy casualty records, submitted to Congress in 1946 and updated in 1953, the combined possible total of missing service personnel worldwide is closer to approximately 6600 and probably considerably fewer. Since DPAA alone designates such WWII personnel as the crew of the USS Arizona and most of that of USS Oklahoma as both "missing" and "unaccounted-for" it is possible that DPAA records keeping may be somewhat idiosyncratic.
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Korean War
According to the US Dept of Defense as of December 30,2021: Total of MIA US Servicemen: 7,550 [11][12]
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Vietnam War
According to the US Dept of Defense as of December 30,2021: Total of MIA US Servicemen/Civilians: 1,584[11]
Cold War
According to the US Dept of Defense as of December 30, 2021:
- MIAS-Asia/Pacifc 108
- MIAS-europe 8
- MIAS-Gulf Wars/Middle East: 5
- MIAS-El Dorado Canyon/Africa: 1
Total of MIA Servicemen: 126[13]
As of December 30,2021 Total US MIAS World War II to present: 81,616 [14]
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