Chuck Mawhinney went from teenage run-ins with the law to the Marines' most efficient marksman in Vietnam. Courtesy of Chuck Mawhinney In Vietnam’s An Hoa Basin on Valentine’s Day, 1969, US Marine ...

Ask any Marine about the service’s greatest snipers, and a flurry of references to the legendary Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock are sure to flood the conversation. Yet it was another sniper, Charles ...

The deadliest Marine sniper by number of confirmed kills is Chuck Mawhinney. He kept his service in Vietnam, including his work as a sniper, a secret for years. Everything changed for Mawhinney when a ...

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 ...

Chuck Mawhinney, of Baker City, on Thursday, March 9, 2023, looks at photos in "The Sniper," a new book that chronicles his experiences in the Vietnam War, written by former Baker Valley resident Jim ...

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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 ...

Chuck Mawhinney, the Camp Pendleton Marine who became the deadliest sniper in the corps’ history while serving in the Vietnam War, died on Monday at his home in Baker City, Oregon. He was 75. The ...