Record holder for the U.S. Marine Corps sniper in Vietnam Chuck Mawhinney has passed away this week in his Baker City home at the age of 75.
Chuck Mawhinney Cause of death
Chuck Mawhinney died on Monday, February 12, 2024, at the age of 74 in Baker City, Oregon, where he lived.
Chuck Mawhinney obituary information
Chuck Mawhinney’s funeral arrangements are pending.
However, records had it that, Chuck Mawhinney returned from the war to live a quiet life. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 30 years.
His friends, neighbors, and co-workers had no idea that the soft-spoken man had killed at least 103 enemy combatants while serving in Southeast Asia for 16 months in 1968 and ‘69.
This is reportedly the most confirmed kill by a Marine Corps sniper during the Vietnam War. Mawhinney said he simply “did what I was trained to do.”
“He was the kind of guy you noticed walking in the room,” said Jim Lindsay, an author who wrote a 2023 book about Mawhinney’s military exploits.
He never sought attention, Lindsay said.
“He listened to other people tell their stories,” said Lindsay. “He never told his story. Nobody knew he’d been in the war or what he’d done.”
That changed when Lindsay, with Mawhinney’s cooperation, wrote “The Sniper: The Untold Story of the Marine Corps’ Greatest Marksman of All Time.”
Source: Ghanafuo.com
