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Line 45: − Painter and his wife, the former Patsy A. Oaks (born 1949), had three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/patsy-painter/patsyapainter?valid=true&|title=Patsy A. Painter|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref> A son, Justin Wayne Painter of Splendora in Montgomery County, Texas,<ref name=findagrave/> served in the [[United States Air Force]]. A daughter, Jennifer Lynn Painter, is a public safety dispatcher with the City of Midland. Painter was a [[Southern Baptist]] and a member and the president from 2003 to 2004 of Lions International.<ref name=painterbio/>+
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On September 1, 1966, Painter enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served two tours of duty in the former [[South Vietnam]]. He earned the National Defense Service Medal, the [Presidential Unit Citation, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and the United States Distinguished Service Medal. He was honorably discharged at the rank of [[sergeant]] on August 31, 1970, after exactly four years of service in the Marines.<ref name=painterbio/> Immediately after leaving the military, he joined the Texas Department of Public Safety as a highway patrol officer.<ref name=findagrave/>
On September 1, 1966, Painter enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served two tours of duty in the former [[South Vietnam]]. He earned the National Defense Service Medal, the [Presidential Unit Citation, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and the United States Distinguished Service Medal. He was honorably discharged at the rank of [[sergeant]] on August 31, 1970, after exactly four years of service in the Marines.<ref name=painterbio/> Immediately after leaving the military, he joined the Texas Department of Public Safety as a highway patrol officer.<ref name=findagrave/>
Painter and his wife, the former Patsy A. Oaks (born 1949), had three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/patsy-painter/patsyapainter?valid=true&|title=Patsy A. Painter|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref> A son, Justin Wayne Painter of Splendora in Montgomery County, Texas,<ref name=findagrave/> served in the [[United States Air Force]]. A daughter, Jennifer Lynn Painter, is a public safety dispatcher with the City of Midland. Painter was a [[Southern Baptist]] and a member and the president from 2003 to 2004 of Lions International.<ref name=painterbio/>
==Career==
==Career==