This template is used after a person's name in the

{{Infobox military conflict}} template to indicate that the person was killed in action.

{{KIA}} displays dagger symbol:  

{{KIA|bold=no}} does not bold the symbol:  

{{KIA|alt=yes}} (or

{{KIA2}} for short) displays the abbreviation in small letters:  (KIA)

The text displayed is linked to Killed in action and has a tooltip.

{{DOW}}

{{Executed}}

{{POW}}

{{Surrendered}}

{{WIA}}