Private family funeral services for SSG Travis M. Tompkins, 31, Lawton are being held under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. SSG Tompkins died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Logar Province, Afghanistan. Interment with Full Military Honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma. He was born November 26, 1979 at Fort Sill to Leland and Vickie Tompkins. He graduated from MacArthur High School in 1999, was very active in the Boy Scouts. He enlisted in the US Army in January of 2000. He married Candice Brown on March 1, 2001 at Fort Carson, CO. He was currently serving as a military policeman with the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (2OLC), Army Good Conduct Medal (3rd Award), National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal w/Bronze Star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, NATO Medal and the Combat Action Badge. Travis was a loving husband, father and son. Survivors include his wife Candice and two children, Madison and Gianna of the home, his parents Leland and Vickie Tompkins of Lawton, a sister Jenny Meek and her husband Troy of Fletcher, OK, niece and nephew Megan Meek and Dillon Meek, and his mother and father-in-law, Wendy and Tim Brown of Lawton. The family will greet friends from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Thursday at the funeral home.