killed in action 在戰事中陣亡

killed in action
繁：在戰事中陣亡
简：在战事中阵亡

美军女兵也比五十年来的任何时候都接近于战场。至少已有24名女兵在伊拉克战争中阵亡，这一数字是第二次世界大战以来女兵阵亡的最高数字。这表明男女士兵的界限已被打破。

驻伊美军阵亡花名册 谁在伊拉克阵亡（2004年9月1日）。南方网，取自 http://www.southcn.com/news/international/gjtztx/200409110144.htm

Since the March 2003 invasion and quick march to take Baghdad, U.S. troops have been dying at about 800 a year, with most killed in action by crude but powerful roadside bombs and in firefights against an unrelenting insurgency.

Military Has Lost 2,000 In Iraq. (2005, October 26). Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501185.html