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POWER OF ATTORNEY
           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby
constitute and appoint Jeffrey S. McFall and Grant B. McGee, and each of them,
with full power to act alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for his and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and acknowledge Form 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule
144 thereunder, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, any amendments to such forms, and any and all other
documents (and amendments thereto), including, without limitation, Form ID,
necessary or desirable to facilitate the filing by the undersigned of Form 144
and forms under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, with respect to securities of
  Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Company"), and to deliver and file the same
with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, to
and with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the national securities
exchanges and the Company, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute
  or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The
undersigned agrees that each of the attorneys-in-fact herein may rely entirely
on information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to such
attorney-in-fact.
           The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any
manner by reason of the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by
the undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein.
            This Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect until
  the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 or Form
144 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities
of the Company, unless earlier revoked in writing.  The undersigned acknowledges
  that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact are not assuming any of the undersigned's
  responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or Section
16 of the Exchange Act.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand effective this 19th
day of July, 2017.



      ___/s/ Jeffrey P. Melucci___________
	                                                            Jeffrey P. Melucci




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