M40 sniper rifle with Redfield 3x9x40 scope, used by Sgt. Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, is displayed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. (Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney via DVIDS) ...

Chuck Mawhinney averaged four kills per week of combat duty in Vietnam, ultimately accumulating a body count of 103 dead, a record unmatched in the annals of Marine history.

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.

Chuck Mawhinney attempts a disclaimer. “I just did what I was trained to do,” he says in a tone that is neither defensive nor boastful. “I was in-country a long time in a very hot… ...

Chuck Mawhinney was something of a wild child in Lakeview in the 1960s. He was into fast cars, motorcycles, drinking beer and chasing the local girls. He even got a pilot's license so he could ...

The Marine Corps celebrated the history of the M40 sniper rifle with Redfield scope at Camp Lejeune. The M40 rifle was the same type of weapon used by Marine sniper Sgt. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney.

Charles 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.

While the folks back home celebrate Valentine’s Day of 1969 with their loved ones, the US Marine Corps’ nineteen-year-old sniper ace Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney is stuck deep in the ...

Chuck Mawhinney, who became the ... The journal American Rifleman says Mawhinney, whose father was a Marine, primarily carried a Remington M40 sniper rifle, typically firing from a distance of 300 ...

It wasn't until 1991 that the world learned of Marine Corps veteran Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney's 103 confirmed kills during his time deployed to Vietnam in the late 1960s.

Charles 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.

The Corps celebrated the M40 rifle with Redfield scope, the same type of weapon used by legendary Marine sniper Sgt. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney.