 As a result of the engagement Corporal O'Connor was fatally injured alongside his colleague and patrol medic Corporal Day.Corporal Day was the third female member of British Forces to be killed in Afghanistan.On 30 October, Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter, aged 29, and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar, aged 28, both from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, were based in Checkpoint Prrang in the southern area of the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.