Here are the actual figures from a US Military website:
World War II: 74,064
Korean War: 8,021
Cold War: 125
Vietnam War: 1708
Desert Storm: 0
Total: 83,918
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MIA, which stands for "Missing In Action."
Missing (Missing in action)
US Servicemen are still missing in action (unaccounted for).
Missing In Action Missing In Action 2: The beginning Braddock: Missing in Action 3
The MIA number in war refers to the Missing In Action victim. These number's are placed on the records of those soldiers lost in war.
around 21,000 Japanese died. 6,800 Americans died,with 20,000 Americans injured My information is from Daniel Yergin's book, the Prize, which i am reading now. I just read this section earlier this week
it was considered a 'POLICE ACTION'
M.I.A stands for Missing In Action.MIA stands for Missing In Action.
Missing In Action
To show support for soldiers still listed as missing in action or prisoners of war, even after the Vietnam War was over.
The military terminology is usually K.I.A. which stands for "killed in action". If their bodies are not recovered, but it is believed that they are dead, the term is M.P.D. which stands for "missing, presumed dead".
Missing in Action - video game - was created in 1988.