This action would come to be called the "most successful SEAL operation in the Mekong Delta" by the U.S. On May 18, 1967, Marcinko led his men in an assault on Ilo Ilo Hon (Ilo Ilo Island), where they killed a large number of Viet Cong and destroyed six of their sampans (wooden boat). In January 1967, Marcinko deployed to Vietnam with 2nd Platoon, SEAL Team Two for a six month tour of duty. Naval Postgraduate School and a Master of Arts degree in political science from Auburn University at Montgomery. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from the U.S. He was later reassigned to SEAL Team TWO in June 1966. After graduating from Officer Candidate School in December 1965, he was commissioned an ensign. Marcinko served with UDT-21 until he was selected for an officer commission in 1965. He was accepted into the Underwater Demolition Team/ Replacement (UDTR) training in June 1961, and graduated in class 26 in October 1961. Marcinko successfully enlisted in the United States Navy in September 1958 as a radioman. At a young age, his family moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey.Īfter dropping out of high school, Marcinko tried to enlist in the United States Marines, who rejected him due to a lack of a high school diploma. His father was a Croat from Herzegovina, and his mother from Slovakia. Marcinko was born November 21, 1940, in Lansford, Pennsylvania and was of Croatian and Slovak descent.
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