Editing Wounded in action (section)

==NATO's definitions==

===Wounded in action===
A battle [[Casualty (person)|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 wound; all fractures, burns, blast concussions, all effects of [[biological warfare|biological]] and [[chemical warfare]], the effects of exposure to [[ionizing radiation]] or any other destructive weapon or agent.<ref name="nato.int">{{cite web|url=http://nso.nato.int/nso/zPublic/ap/PROM/AAP-06%202017.pdf|title=AAP-06, NATO Glossary of terms and definitions}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Died of wounds received in action===
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A battle [[Casualty (person)|casualty]] who later dies of wounds or other injuries received in action, after having reached a medical treatment facility.<ref name="nato.int"/> In the United States the acronym used is DOW, while [[NATO]] uses DWRIA.