Funeral service for Colonel (Retired) Milton J. Kinne, Jr., 81, Lawton, will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 2014, in the New Post Chapel with Rev. Dr. Bill Schneider officiating. Colonel Kinne died Saturday, February 22 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Colonel Kinne was born May 22, 1932 in Webb City, Missouri, to Milton J. and Mabel (Davis) Kinne. He was a military child and lived in many different places. He graduated high school from the Tokyo American High School Meguro in Tokyo, Japan. He later earned his bachelor degree in business management from Cameron University. He married Nancy H. Laux on August 28, 1954 in Fort Myer, Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in August of 1952 and was commissioned through OCS in 1953. He retired at Fort Sill on November 30, 1981 and at the time of his retirement was the President of the United States Army Field Artillery Board. He served in a variety of command and staff positions both continentally and abroad. He was a veteran of Vietnam and his awards include the Army Commendation Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Four Service Stars, National Defense Service Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal, Two Overseas Service Bars, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon Second Award, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Legion of Merit, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal First Class, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Staff Services Medal First Class. Following his retirement from the Army he worked as a defense contractor with AST in Lawton and later for Cameron University as the Title III Coordinator. He had been a member of the Lawton Urban Renewal Board, was a member of the Military Officers Association of America, had been inducted into the ancient Order of Saint Barbara and was a member of the OCS Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife, of the home; three children and their spouses, Milton J. "Jim" Kinne, III and wife, Anna, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, David Kinne, California, Maryland, and COL (Retired) Gary Kinne and wife Susie, Lawton; five grandchildren and their spouses, Candice and Matt Daniels, Brett Smith, Cote and Nicole Smith, Robert James and Carole Kinne and Jonathan Kinne; six great grandchildren. His parents and an infant sister preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, Finance Department, 30 East 33rd St., New York, NY 10016; the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas TX 75231; or to the Wounded Warrior Project; P.O. Box 75851, Topeka, Kansas 66675.