"Mount KIA/MIA is named in honor of all those "Killed in Action" and/or "Missing In Action" in all of America's wars. The sound, KIA/MIA, is a meaningful utterance in the Ute language when a place-name suffix is added to it, such as in Kiya'-miya-vat. The verb stem kiya means, "To play," or "to laugh" in the Ute language. The verb stem miya means, "to walk around" (plural form) or "to do something while walking about" (plural form). The meaning of such a sound in the Ute language is then, "place where people walk about playing," or "place where people walk about laughing." Thus it is, KIA/MIA (as in Kiya'-miya-vat) is an appropriate name for a mountain in Colorado that honors all veterans. A warrior, once departed, crosses to "the other side," a place often described as one where a person may walk about in peace, without care, happy; in other words, "A place where people walk about laughing."

http://mtkiamia.com/dedication/dedication.html

"Bruce Salisbury joined the US Army in 1946 at the age of 15 and retired from the US Air Force as a MSGT in 1966. A bio of Bruce can be read by clicking on BRUCE SALISBURY. After retirement Bruce continued to be dedicated to the Military Services and all Veterans. In 2003, Bruce and his wife, Dottie, had a vision of a monument in the United States to honor the Nation's Veterans that had been killed in action or missing in action. After serious discussions with family and friends Bruce and Dottie decided that a mountain in Colorado would be a perfect monument. The mountain would be named MT. KIA/MIA for Veterans that were "Killed in Action" or "Missing in Action".

http://www.mtkiamia.org/

http://www.theveteransvoice.com/MtKIAMIA.html