Usually means: Died during combat or war.
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  1. killed in action: Wiktionary
  2. Killed in Action (album), Killed in Action, Killed in action: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. killed in action: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Army Technology Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (killed in action)

adjective:  (chiefly military) The designation for a member of an organization (primarily military) who has died while on duty.

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