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‘Run for the Fallen’ makes stop in Statesboro

Mother of Portal’s Brock Chavers grateful for tribute

Local Gold Star parent Loice Chavers of Portal remembers her son, U.S. Army Sgt. Brock Chavers, who died in Afghanistan in 2009 as participants in America's Run for the Fallen honor local and national Gold Star families following Monday's leg from Macon to Statesboro at Statesboro VFW Post 90.

run for the fallen — Local Gold Star parent Loice Chavers of Portal remembers her son, U.S. Army Sgt. Brock Chavers, who died in Afghanistan in 2009 as participants in America's Run for the Fallen honor local and national Gold Star families following Monday's leg from Macon to Statesboro at Statesboro VFW Post 90.

When the last name is called solemnly Aug. 5 at Arlington Cemetery, members of the Run for the Fallen team will have read nearly 20,000 names in tribute to every military service member who died serving during the War on Terror.

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