"Caveman"
Charles Ed McKinney was born in Fort Payne Al. I went to high
school in Atlanta Ga. I entered the army 13 June 1969 I went to
Fort Campbell K
Y for basic training.  Upon completion I was
assigned to
Fort Bliss TX for automatic weapons school Quad 50,
M-60
& Dusters M-40mm.  I was then sent to Cam Ranh Bay,
Vietnam
. I then went to my unit at An Khe, Camp Radcliffe with
the 4/60th Arty.E battery quad 50s spent time in Cu
Chi, Hula,
Dak To, escorted convoys for about 4 months then I was sent to a
little place off of Man
g Yang Pass called Op Delta 1on a ground
mounted Quad
attached to the 4th infantry Div.  Returned to the
world in
August 1970 and was stationed at Fort McPherson GA
with 525 MP Group as a prison chaser
. I was honorably
d
ischarged on 4 Dec. 1970.  I drove a truck cross country for 30
y
ears and received my VA disability in 2000 & 100% PTSD.
In-Country
MC
The quad .50 AWSP I was on at
OP Delta 1
4th/60th 41st Artillery