Upshur County residents and elected officials on Thursday will pay tribute to one of the county’s native sons who became the first U.S. Navy SEAL killed during the Vietnam War. The newly built ...
GILMER — Beneath clear blue skies, Upshur County families reclined in lawn chairs and sprawled out on blankets covering the green grass of the old Machen home site Thursday afternoon northwest ...
After enlisting in the US Navy at 18, he was deployed in 1967 to Vietnam with Seal Team Two as a commissioned officer. During the conflict, Marcinko was decorated with the Vietnamese Cross for ...