Colonel David C. Hinshaw was commissioned upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 502-68, 2 May 1968. His first duty assignment was as a TAC Officer, Student Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Executive Officer, Student Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; Assistant Team Leader, MAT 42, Vietnam; Senior Advisor, Vinh Tang Subdistrict, Vietnam; Company Commander and S-3, 1st Battalion, 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade; Fort Ord, California; Communications Officer, 2nd Battalion, 152d Infantry (Mechanized), 38th Infantry Division, Indiana; Commander, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 152d Infantry (Mechanized), IN; Liaison Officer and S-4, 113th Engineer Battalion, 38th Infantry Division, IN; Commander, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 113th Engineer Battalion, IN; S-3, 113th Engineer Battalion, 38th Infantry Division, IN; Secretary of the General Staff, 8th Division (Training), IN; ADE, 38th Infantry Division, IN; Commander, 2d Battalion, 151st, Infantry, 38th Infantry Division, IN; O & R Chief, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (DCSOPS), 86th U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARCOM); Assistant DCSOPS, 86th USARCOM; DCSOPS, 86th USARCOM;  Commander, 308th Civil Affairs Brigade; G-3, 85th Division (Exercise). | At the time of his induction into the Hall of Fame, he was serving as Chief of Staff, 85th Division (Exercise), Arlington Heights, Illinois, and also self-employed as the President, MADA Properties, LLC.