[Ads-l] K.I.A.

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not in OED.

1941 _Buffalo Evening News_ (Jan. 25) 8: K I A -- Killed in Action....W I A
-- Wounded in Action.

"M I A." is MIA from this list, but the given initialisms relate solely to
"hospitalized casualties" in war games.

JL

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