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David BruceMcKinney
was born on 9 April 1933 in Bradley County Tennessee. He attended
Travena Elementary School and graduated from Bradley Central High
School, Cleveland, TN in 1950. He attended the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
public Administration from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.
His military education included The Adjutant General's Company
Officer course, Military Personnel Officer course, Army Supply Officer's
Course, and The Warrant Officer Senior Course, and several other
short courses.
Chief McKinney began his
military career by enlisting in Service Company, 278th Infantry (RCT)
on 21 April 1949. He was ordered to active duty with his unit on 1 September,
1950 for the Korean War. He served as a Mail Delivery Supervisor at
Fort Devens, MA. Upon release from active duty he again joined the
Tennessee Army National Guard where he served in Service Company,
278th Infantry (RCT) as Personnel Sergeant and later as First
Sergeant. He was appointed as Warrant Officer, W-1, 1 May 1956 and
served in the 190th Armored Infantry Battalion in Lenoir City,
Tennessee, as Personnel Officer; 5th Battalion, 109th Armor as Unit
Personnel Technician and Supply Section Leader.
He continued with the 5th
Battalion, 109th Armor as Supply Section Leader until he served as
Unit Personnel Technician. In October 1975 he became the Unit
Personnel Technician of the 3rd Battalion, 109th Armor,
Lebanon, TN; and on August 1st, 1976 was transferred to Headquarters,
Tennessee Army National Guard as Personnel/Administrative
Technician. He was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Four on July
1st, 1971.
Mister McKinney's awards
and decorations include the Meritorius Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service
Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with
two hourglass devices, Army Service Ribbon, Tennessee national Guard
Commendation Ribbon, Tennessee National Guard War Service Ribbon,
Tenneessee National Guard Service Ribbon, Tennessee National Guard
Volunteer Ribbon, Tennessee National Guard Individual Achievement
Ribbon, and Tenneesee National Guard Distinguished Unit Citation.
Chief McKinney is a
member of the National Guard Association of the United States and
Tenneessee, Masonic Lodge No. 728, Knoxville, Tennessee and a 32nd
degree Scottish Rite Mason in the Valley of Nashville, Tennessee. He
is a member of the National Genealogical Society, Middle Tennessee
Genealogical Society, and the McKinney Name Association.
He was at different times
during his life a member of Lebanon Baptist Church, Bradley County,
Tennessee; Calvary Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee; West
Knoxville Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Two Rivers
Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee.
He is a life-long
Democrat and is active in community affairs.
Mr. McKinney was employed
by American Uniform Company, Cleveland, Tennessee; Bowaters Southern
Paper Corporation, Calhoun, Tennessee; and for more than 35 years as
an employ of the Tennessee National Guard as Unit Administrator,
Personnel Technician, Supply Officer and for his last 16 years as the
Supervisory Personnel Manager in the Office ofthe Adjutant General
General in Nashville, Tennessee. |