Afghanistan Marine EOD Master Sgt. Daniel Fedder, 34, was killed by a roadside bomb in Helmand Province. The Camp Pendleton-based Marine was assigned to the 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, on his first deployment to Afghanistan. Prior to deploying to Afghanistan, Fedder had served two tours in Iraq in 2004 and 2006.

The 16-year veteran of the Marine Corps from Pine City, Minnesota was awarded more than a dozen personal service awards, including the Purple Heart during his time in the Marines. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

Albany, New York The remains of 24-year old Staff Sgt Derek Farley were flown back from Afghanistan to be laid to rest. Farley served as an EOD technician team leader with the 702nd EOD Company. He was two weeks from completing his tour of duty in Afghanistan when he died from an IED explosion.

Farley was born in Troy, New York and had served in the military for six years. He received a Purple Heart after he lost the hearing in one ear to a bomb detonation in Iraq, where he served from 2006 to 2007 with the 756th EOD Company.

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Afghanistan According the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) official website, a soldier attached to the Joint Force EOD Group, part of the Counter-IED Task Force, and was killed in a small arms fire engagement with insurgent forces in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. The name of the EOD soldier has not been released as the family has reportedly asked for a period of grace before further details are released.

Zabul Province, Afghanistan Army EOD Staff Sergeant Shane Barnard lost his life when he reportedly stepped on an IED causing it to detonate while he was in the process of investigating and responding to another IED. Barnard, 38, survived by his wife and three children was from De Smet, South Dakota. He was assigned to the 3rd Ordnance Battalion EOD at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Barnard originally served as a combat medic and later re-trained as an EOD specialist.

Afghanistan Specialist Wade Slack, 21, assigned to the 707th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 3rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) was killed when his unit was attacked by insurgents. Slack enlisted in the Army in 2006 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood, Redstone Arsenal, and Eglin Air Force Base prior to getting assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. Slack was 10-months into his first deployment to Afghanistan.

Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Military doctors had to operate on an Afghan National Army Soldier last month as a result of injuries sustained during an IED explosion. When the patient was initially transported to the operating room, doctors thought that the metal object lodged in the patient's scalp was a piece of scrap metal.

Upon further inspection using X-ray and CT scans (see image below), the medical staff became concerned the item was a potential UXO based upon its shape. Non-essential personnel and patients that could be moved were quickly evacuated from the area as EOD was called in to respond. EOD identified the UXO as a 14.5-mm incendiary projectile.

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Afghanistan Warrant Officer Dave Markland, 36, serving with the British Royal Engineer Regiment was killed by an IED explosion. Markland was a distinguished 20-year soldier who was serving on his eighth operational tour of duty when he was killed. Previous tours including five tours in Bosnia between 1995 and 1998, one in Iraq in 2003, and a previous tour in Afghanistan. Although Markland has served in the British military since 1989, he only recently joined the Royal Engineer Regiment assigned to search and destroy IEDs. He leaves behind a wife and two sons (ages 7 and 10).

Kandahar, Afghanistan Air Force EOD Technical Sergeant Adam K. Ginett, 29, of Knightdale, North Carolina died, of wounds suffered from an IED explosion. Ginnett was assigned to the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron based in Aviano Air Base, Italy. Ginett joined the Air Force at the age of 18 and served three tours in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan. He earned the Bronze Star during his first tour in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Captain Daniel Read from 11 EOD Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps died in the Musa Qaleh area of northern Helmand province from an IED. The 31-year old from St Columb, Newquay only recently returned to duty after recovering from injuries sustained in an IED blast last October.

Afghanistan David Watson, a British soldier from the 33 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers was killed by an IED. The bomb disposal expert was reportedly on his first operational tour when the incident occurred. No details have been released as to the cause of the explosion that killed the 23 year old who was based at Carver Barracks in Wimbish, Essex United Kingdom.