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'''Killed In Action''', '''KIA''', is a casualty classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that denotes the death of friendly forces during combat.


Due to the need to increase morale in the United Nations Space Command, [[Spartan II]] super-soldiers are never listed as 'Killed In Action', but rather as [[Missing In Action]] to give the appearance that they are invincible.<ref>[[First Strike]] page 249</ref>
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'''Killed in Action''', better known as '''KIA''', is a casualty classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that denotes the death of a serviceman during or after a combat mission or situation.


== References ==
Due to the need to increase morale in the UNSC armed forces, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] issued [[ONI Directive 930]], requiring that [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program]] casualties be listed as [[Missing in Action]] or [[Wounded in Action]], to create the illusion that such personnel were invincible. The SPARTAN-IIs would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their team's rosters.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 249''</ref>


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== Related Links ==
==See also==
*[[Missing in action|Missing in Action (MIA)]]
*[[Wounded in action|Wounded in Action (WIA)]]


*[[Wikipedia:Killed In Action|"{{PAGENAME}}" on Wikipedia]]
==External links==
*[[Missing In Action]] ([[MIA]])
*[[Wikipedia:Killed In Action|'''Wikipedia''''s article on "Killed In Action"]]
*[[Wounded in Action]] ([[WIA]])
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