East Texan Dies in Afghanistan
Posted/updated on: March 3, 2011 at 4:16 pm
BALTIMORE (AP/Staff) – A Titus County resident has died in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Chauncy Mays of Cookville was one of two soldiers assigned to the Aberdeen Proving Ground who were killed. Mays and 22-year-old Spc. Christopher Stark of Monett, Mo., died Monday in Wardak province when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 20th Support Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
