D. C. McKinney (9 Alabama) appears in the 1930 United States Federal Census (14 April 1930) for Precinct 13, Colbert County, Alabama (sheet 2B, family 31) along with his parents, David S. McKinney (36 Alabama, general farmer) and Massey McKinney (36 Alabama) and siblings, Estelle McKinney (12 Alabama), Christine McKinney (6 Alabama), Charles F. McKinney (4 6/12 Alabama) and Dorothy McKinney (4/12 Alabama).
D. C. McKinney (19 Alabama) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (17 April 1940) for Pride, Colbert County, Alabama (sheet 7B, household 107, Pike Lane). He was living with his widowed sister, Estelle Grisham (23 Alabama) and her children, Betty Jean Grisham (5 Alabama) and Carl Bruce Grisham (1 Alabama). He had lived in rural, Colbert County, Alabama in 1935. Dalton had completed 8th grade. He was a laborer in a Saw Mill.
Dalton C. McKinney (1921 Alabama) of Santa Clara, California enlisted as a Private (S/N 39147957) in the U.S. Army on 28 February 1944 in San Francisco, California. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupations, n.e.c.”
He was sent for training to Fort Lewis, Washington where he was assigned to the 746th Engineer Base Equipment Company. In January 1945 his unit got their orders to be shipped overseas. They embarked from San Francisco, California aboard the troop transport S.S. John Lykes on 15 January 1945. Their trip across the Pacific took them around Guadalcanal, via Hollandia, New Guinea, to Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, up to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, back down to Subic Bay and then to Manila – 60 days after leaving San Francisco the ship finally docked at Manila Harbor.
Their first assignment was to clean up the Walled City of Manila using their heavy equipment – cranes, bulldozers and other construction equipment. Then went on to repair on the badly torn up streets and roads of Manila.
Dalton C. McKinney died on 10 March 1946. He was buried in 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 23, Grave 2953 (D-D No. 8636). His remains were then disinterred and Private First Class, Dalton C. McKinney was buried (according to the wishes of his next of kin) in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 2, Grave 65.
D. C. McKinney (19 Alabama) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (17 April 1940) for Pride, Colbert County, Alabama (sheet 7B, household 107, Pike Lane). He was living with his widowed sister, Estelle Grisham (23 Alabama) and her children, Betty Jean Grisham (5 Alabama) and Carl Bruce Grisham (1 Alabama). He had lived in rural, Colbert County, Alabama in 1935. Dalton had completed 8th grade. He was a laborer in a Saw Mill.
Dalton C. McKinney (1921 Alabama) of Santa Clara, California enlisted as a Private (S/N 39147957) in the U.S. Army on 28 February 1944 in San Francisco, California. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupations, n.e.c.”
He was sent for training to Fort Lewis, Washington where he was assigned to the 746th Engineer Base Equipment Company. In January 1945 his unit got their orders to be shipped overseas. They embarked from San Francisco, California aboard the troop transport S.S. John Lykes on 15 January 1945. Their trip across the Pacific took them around Guadalcanal, via Hollandia, New Guinea, to Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, up to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, back down to Subic Bay and then to Manila – 60 days after leaving San Francisco the ship finally docked at Manila Harbor.
Their first assignment was to clean up the Walled City of Manila using their heavy equipment – cranes, bulldozers and other construction equipment. Then went on to repair on the badly torn up streets and roads of Manila.
Dalton C. McKinney died on 10 March 1946. He was buried in 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 23, Grave 2953 (D-D No. 8636). His remains were then disinterred and Private First Class, Dalton C. McKinney was buried (according to the wishes of his next of kin) in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 2, Grave 65.
D. C. McKinney (9 Alabama) appears in the 1930 United States Federal Census (14 April 1930) for Precinct 13, Colbert County, Alabama (sheet 2B, family 31) along with his parents, David S. McKinney (36 Alabama, general farmer) and Massey McKinney (36 Alabama) and siblings, Estelle McKinney (12 Alabama), Christine McKinney (6 Alabama), Charles F. McKinney (4 6/12 Alabama) and Dorothy McKinney (4/12 Alabama).
D. C. McKinney (19 Alabama) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (17 April 1940) for Pride, Colbert County, Alabama (sheet 7B, household 107, Pike Lane). He was living with his widowed sister, Estelle Grisham (23 Alabama) and her children, Betty Jean Grisham (5 Alabama) and Carl Bruce Grisham (1 Alabama). He had lived in rural, Colbert County, Alabama in 1935. Dalton had completed 8th grade. He was a laborer in a Saw Mill.
Dalton C. McKinney (1921 Alabama) of Santa Clara, California enlisted as a Private (S/N 39147957) in the U.S. Army on 28 February 1944 in San Francisco, California. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupations, n.e.c.”
He was sent for training to Fort Lewis, Washington where he was assigned to the 746th Engineer Base Equipment Company. In January 1945 his unit got their orders to be shipped overseas. They embarked from San Francisco, California aboard the troop transport S.S. John Lykes on 15 January 1945. Their trip across the Pacific took them around Guadalcanal, via Hollandia, New Guinea, to Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, up to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, back down to Subic Bay and then to Manila – 60 days after leaving San Francisco the ship finally docked at Manila Harbor.
Their first assignment was to clean up the Walled City of Manila using their heavy equipment – cranes, bulldozers and other construction equipment. Then went on to repair on the badly torn up streets and roads of Manila.
Dalton C. McKinney died on 10 March 1946. He was buried in 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 23, Grave 2953 (D-D No. 8636). His remains were then disinterred and Private First Class, Dalton C. McKinney was buried (according to the wishes of his next of kin) in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 2, Grave 65.
D. C. McKinney (19 Alabama) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (17 April 1940) for Pride, Colbert County, Alabama (sheet 7B, household 107, Pike Lane). He was living with his widowed sister, Estelle Grisham (23 Alabama) and her children, Betty Jean Grisham (5 Alabama) and Carl Bruce Grisham (1 Alabama). He had lived in rural, Colbert County, Alabama in 1935. Dalton had completed 8th grade. He was a laborer in a Saw Mill.
Dalton C. McKinney (1921 Alabama) of Santa Clara, California enlisted as a Private (S/N 39147957) in the U.S. Army on 28 February 1944 in San Francisco, California. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupations, n.e.c.”
He was sent for training to Fort Lewis, Washington where he was assigned to the 746th Engineer Base Equipment Company. In January 1945 his unit got their orders to be shipped overseas. They embarked from San Francisco, California aboard the troop transport S.S. John Lykes on 15 January 1945. Their trip across the Pacific took them around Guadalcanal, via Hollandia, New Guinea, to Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, up to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, back down to Subic Bay and then to Manila – 60 days after leaving San Francisco the ship finally docked at Manila Harbor.
Their first assignment was to clean up the Walled City of Manila using their heavy equipment – cranes, bulldozers and other construction equipment. Then went on to repair on the badly torn up streets and roads of Manila.
Dalton C. McKinney died on 10 March 1946. He was buried in 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 23, Grave 2953 (D-D No. 8636). His remains were then disinterred and Private First Class, Dalton C. McKinney was buried (according to the wishes of his next of kin) in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 2, Grave 65.
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