MIA: A military service member is in a missing (missing in action) status if not at his duty location due to apparent involuntary reasons as a result of hostile action and his location is not known.

Interned: A person is in a missing (interned) status if that person has been taken into custody by a non-belligerent foreign power as the result of and for reasons arising out of any armed conflict in which the United States is engaged.

Captured: A person is in a missing (captured) status if he has been seized as the result of action of an unfriendly military or paramilitary force in a foreign country.

Beleaguered: A person is in a missing (beleaguered) status if a member of an organized element has been surrounded by a hostile force to prevent escape of its members.

Besieged: A person is in a missing (besieged) status if a member of an organized element has been surrounded by a hostile force for the purpose of compelling it to surrender.

Detained: A person is in a missing (detained) status if prevented from proceeding or restrained in custody for alleged violation of international law or other reason claimed by the organization or group under which the person is being held.

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