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==Background==
==Background==
Sheets was reared in Mansfield in the Dallas-[[Fort Worth]] Metroplex.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets">{{cite web|url=http://www.kennethsheets.com/about|title=Kenneth Sheets|publisher=kennethsheets.com|accessdate=March 21, 2014; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> He graduated in 1995 from Mansfield (Texas) High School and then enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. Following graduation from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2001, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He has served on active duty and in the reserve. He is currently a [[Major]] in the Marine Corps Reserve.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets"/> He fought in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] from September 2007 to May 2008 in [[Fallujah]] and earned an Armed Forces Reserve Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Iraq Campaign Medal.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets"/><ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/kenneth-sheets/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Kenneth Sheets District 107 (R-Dallas)|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref>
Sheets was reared in Mansfield in the Dallas-[[Fort Worth]] Metroplex.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets">{{cite web|url=http://www.kennethsheets.com/about|title=Kenneth Sheets|publisher=kennethsheets.com|accessdate=March 21, 2014; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> He graduated in 1995 from Mansfield (Texas) High School and then enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. Following graduation from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2001, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He has served on active duty and in the reserve. He is currently a [[Major]] in the Marine Corps Reserve.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets"/> He fought in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] from September 2007 to May 2008 in [[Fallujah]] and earned an Armed Forces Reserve Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Iraq Campaign Medal.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets"/><ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/kenneth-sheets/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Kenneth Sheets: District 107 (R-Dallas)|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 21, 2014; article no longer on-line}}</ref>
In 2004, he received his [[Juris Doctor]] degree from the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park west of Dallas. He is partner with the Dallas law firm Payne & Blanchard.<ref name=ttribune/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pandblaw.com/about|title=Payne & Blanchard, LLP|publisher=pandblaw.com|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> He is a member of the [[St. Thomas Aquinas]] [[Roman Catholic]] Church in Dallas.<ref name=votesmart/>
In 2004, he received his [[Juris Doctor]] degree from the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park west of Dallas. He is partner with the Dallas law firm Payne & Blanchard.<ref name=ttribune/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pandblaw.com/about|title=Payne & Blanchard, LLP|publisher=pandblaw.com|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> He is a member of the [[St. Thomas Aquinas]] [[Roman Catholic]] Church in Dallas.<ref name=votesmart/>