More detail on this person: Paul Lent passed
away May 16, 2016 at his home in Adkins, TX.
Paul was born January 16, 1947 in Cooperstown,
New York. He grew up in Richfield Springs, New
York. He graduated from Richfield Springs High
School in 1965 where he excelled in football and
other sports. He went on to Oswego University for
a couple of years, was a member of the Delta
Kappa Kappa fraternity, the swim team and private
flying club. His desire to fly overcame him and
he decided to join the Army and apply for flight
school.
He joined the Army in September 1967 during the
height of Vietnam and was accepted for Warrant
Officer Candidate School to become an Army
aviator. Upon graduation, he received an AH-1G
Cobra transition in route to Vietnam. He spent
the next two and a half years flying cobras with
the 176th AHC (69-70), ACT 11th ACR (71-72), D
229 AHB (72), and F Troop 9th CAV (72-73).
During his extended tour he was awarded a direct
commission to 1LT as an Armor Officer and
promoted to Captain before his return to CONUS.
Paul's military education began with flight school
in 1968 at Fort Wolters, Texas and Ft Rucker,
Alabama with a transition into Cobra helicopters
at Hunter Army Airfield. He is also a graduate of
the Armor Officer Advance Course and the
Command and General Staff College at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas. His civilian education
includes a Bachelor of Science degree from Troy
State University in 1975, a Master Science and
System Management from the University of
Southern California in 1980, and a Master of Arts
degree in Management Information Systems in
1988 from Webster University.
Paul retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 22
years in the Army serving in various command and
staff positions throughout the Continental United
States, Alaska, and Southeast Asia. His awards
and decorations include the Legion of Merit,
Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 3OLC, the Bronze
Star w/ 2OLC, the Meritorious Service Medal w/
2OLC, the Air Medal w/ 77 OLC, 5 w/ V Device, and
the Army Commendation Medal w/ 3OLC.
After retirement in 1990 Paul began his civilian
career with Veco, Incorporated in Prudhoe Bay,
Alaska where he dealt with oil field material
management. From 1991 - 1993 he worked as
Director for Spectrum Management Group and MIS
Operations and Business in San Antonio, Texas.
From 1993 to 1994 he was the Manager for
Business Development for Dakota Technologies
Group in San Antonio, Texas. In 1994 he began his
overseas assignments with Vinnell/Arabia
Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia until 2004.
In 2005 he worked as Manager and then Director
with CSA/ISD in Kuwait until 2008. He was
accompanied by his wife Rosemarie throughout his
military and civilian career.
Paul is survived by his lovely wife of 43 years
Rosemarie, their three sons Christopher Paul,
Alexander Andrew, Robert Andreas, grandchildren
and extended family in upstate New York and
Germany. Paul will be remembered by many of his
friends and comrades from Vietnam as "Bimbo." He
will be sorely missed.
This information was last updated 07/28/2016
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