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.

Afghanistan Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr., 35, of Florence, Kentucky, died of wounds suffered from the detonation of an IED in Helmand Province. Assigned to the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron (EOD) based of Scott AFB, Campbell was responding to an IED discovery when it detonated. The military has not released any detailed information on the exact cause of the detonation.

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Helmand Province, Afghanistan British Royal Army EOD Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid of the 11th EOD Regiment was killed when the IED he was attempting to defuse exploded. Staff Sgt Schmid was based out of Vauxhall Barracks in Didcot and lived in Winchester with his wife and child. The day the incident occurred was scheduled to be his final day of his five-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. He deployed to Afghanistan in June and since then he had rendered safe 64 IEDs and was involved in 11 discoveries of bomb-making equipment.

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Helmand Province, Afghanistan Marine Staff Sergeant Aaron Taylor, 27, an EOD Technician assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 was killed by an IED. Taylor was reportedly responding to a call to search a bridge for explosives when he unknowingly stepped on the IED made from homemade explosives causing it to function. The 27-year old Marine from Bovey, Minnesota was part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force based in Camp Pendleton. He joined the Marines in 2002 and served a previous tour in Iraq. He had been in Afghanistan for six weeks responding to IED calls and providing EOD support. He is survived by his father, stepmother, brother, and sister.

Afghanistan Staff Sgt. Thomas Rabjohn, a 39 year old team leader for the National Guard 363rd Ordnance Company based out of Coolidge, Arizona died in the line of duty. The official DoD news release reported that Rabjohn died from injuries suffered when an IED detonated during an attempt to disarm it.

Rabjohn was a former Marine who served a tour of duty in Iraq before joining the Phoenix Police Department back in September 2002. He signed up for the National Guard where he served part-time before his unit was called up to Iraq. He is survived by his wife and three daughters ages 14, 13 and 12.

Afghanistan U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryan D. Berky, 25 was killed in an apparent insurgent ambush near Bala Baluk in the western province of Farah. Sgt. Berky was assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron of the 28th Bomb Wing, based at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. Bryan was an experienced EOD Airman and combat veteran as he previously served in Kuwait and Afghanistan before being deployed again to Afghanistan with Army forces year this year. He was five months into his 6-month tour of duty. He is survived by his wife, infant son, parents, and a brother.

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Afghanistan The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence announced that one of their EOD Technicians died when an IED his team was responding to exploded. The technician was assigned to the Joint Force EOD Group. A second technician was injured during the explosion. Details of the incident including the names of EOD Technicians involved have not been released.