That count also makes him the deadliest sniper of the entire Vietnam War. For many years, Mawhinney did not boast or make public his record of confirmed kills. He didn't even go into detail with those ...
BAKER CITY, Ore. — Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, whose 103 confirmed kills during the Vietnam War made him the deadliest sniper in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps, died Feb. 12. He was 75. Mawhinney ...
The US Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper, Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, who went nearly two decades avoiding any recognition for his kill record until it was revealed in a book, has died. Mawhinney died at ...
The deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history is Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney. During the Vietnam War, he had 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills over 16 months in country. But the legendary sniper ...
The shadows grew long on a cold, clear December night at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, as a bonfire raged and a pig roasted -- it was an initiation into an elite club that would grow no more after that ...
He put the experience behind him after he returned from the Vietnam War. But fame finally caught up to him in the 1990s. By Clay Risen Chuck Mawhinney, whose ability to creep through the dense jungle ...