given by the American government) is to recognize those killed, incapacitated, or wounded in battle.

NATO's definitions

Wounded in action

A battle casualty other than killed in action who has incurred an injury due to an external agent or cause. The term encompasses all kinds of wounds and other injuries incurred in action, whether there is a piercing of the body, as in a penetrating or perforated wound, or none, as in the contused

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