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EOD MEMORIAL HISTORY
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.
In 1999, after consolidation of the EOD School from Indian Head to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, a new Memorial was constructed and now stands across from the main EOD School building on Range Road.
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 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.
Sixty-nine names were placed on the Memorial during the 12 June 1970 dedication ceremony.