Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 28 February, 2011
Unit: 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion
Hometown: Cookville, Texas
The Department of Defense announced today the death of Staff Sgt. Chauncy R. Mays, 25, of Cookville, Texas, who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. He died Feb. 28, in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Mays was assigned to the 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 20th Support Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
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