On 14 February 1969, the EOD Memorial Committee was formed and consisted of the senior Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force officers of the EOD School. The committee's intent was to design and have a memorial constructed at the Navy EOD School to honor those EOD men and women who gave their lives in the performance of duty.
Drawings of the proposed memorial were made and a $1,500 construction estimate was obtained. Land on the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland, (now Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Maryland) was donated for this purpose and construction commenced immediately. The basic structure consists of four white cenotaphs, one for each branch of service. Attached to each cenotaph is a bronze tablet with the inscribed names. The Memorial became a reality through the efforts of volunteer EOD personnel.
Men and women whose names are placed on the memorial must be graduates of an approved EOD School who have died on active duty as a result of an EOD mission since the declaration of the World War II. The EOD Memorial Committee uses the following criteria to establish eligibility:
DEATH AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE OR COVERT ACTION WHILE ASSIGNED OR ATTACHED TO PERFORM EOD DUTIES.
DEATH AS A RESULT OF PREPARING TO PERFORM OR PERFORMING A RENDER SAFE PROCEDURE DURING A DULY AUTHORIZED EOD MISSION.
DEATH AS A RESULT OF DISPOSAL, TEST EVALUATION OR RANGE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS, AFTER ASSIGNMENT AS AN EOD MISSION.
DEATH AS A RESULT OF TRAINING REQUIRED IN SUPPORT OF,OR IN PREPARATION FOR, AN ASSIGNED EOD MISSION.
New EOD Memorial, February 2000
A2C SANDERSON, NELSON L. 12/57 , Stump Neck Range, MD
Training Mission - Proximity Fuze
TSGT BUNCH, CLAUDE H. 5/65 , Bien Hoa AB, RVN
B57 Detonated producing hot frag hitting a fuel bladder and safing 250lb bombs with chemical fuze
TSGT FIDIAM, AARON G. JR. 5/65 , Bien Hoa AB, RVN
B57 Detonated producing hot frag hitting a fuel bladder and safing 250lb bombs with chemical fuze
SSGT HUBBARD, DAVID L. JR. 5/65 , Bien Hoa AB, RVN
B57 Detonated producing hot frag hitting a fuel bladder and safing 250lb bombs with chemical fuze
CPT MCFERON, ERNEST 5/65 , Bien Hoa AB, RVN
B57 Detonated producing hot frag hitting a fuel bladder and safing 250lb bombs with chemical fuze
SSGT BERRY, RALPH T. 1/68 , DaNang AB, RVN
Rocket City - Rocket in a bunker
TSGT MILTON, RICHARD D. 4/72 , Pakse, Laos
CBU (allot) - Bomblets BLU-24, They went off in the bed of the truck
TSGT FARMER, JAMES D. 1/73, PakSong, Laos
Airfield Clearance, Boobytraps and 105mm rounds
SMSGT STRYZAK, GERALD J. 11/80 , Cairo West, Egypt
Brite Star - C141 Crash
SRA BIANCHI, RAYMOND J. II. 11/80 , Cairo West, Egypt
Brite Star - C141 Crash
A1C MEYER, BLAINE J. 11/80 , Cairo West, Egypt
Brite Star - C141 Crash
A1C OLSON, DUSTIN W. 7/94 , Utah Test & Training Range, Utah
Hummer Crash
The EOD Memorial Previously Located In Indian Head, MD
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