(of a member of the armed forces) not yet traced or confirmed as either alive or dead.
after air and sea searches, the men were listed as missing in action
Example sentencesExamples
- He is the only soldier listed as missing in action.
- Their son is listed as missing in action.
- There are many people still missing in action.
- Her husband had been missing in action in the Far East for more than four years.
- The two British soldiers are the first to go missing in action in the conflict.
- The operation was part of the Air Force's continuing activities to locate and recover airmen missing in action.
- He had been missing in action since Friday.
- We celebrate Veterans Day for all of the casualties and the ones that are missing in action.
- One member was missing in action and later declared killed.
- About a third of its 3,000 troops were killed or missing in action.