Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*
Azbell Michael T.
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/1/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP [KMB]

(Last)        (First)        (Middle)
P.O. BOX 619100
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
Vice President and Controller /

(Street)
DALLAS, TX 75261-9100

(City)              (State)              (Zip) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Common Stock 4161.659 ⁽¹⁾ D

Common Stock 3934.4353 I Incentive Investment Plan ⁽²⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽³⁾ 2/16/2013 Common Stock 4067 $43.7987 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽⁴⁾ 4/29/2019 Common Stock 3024 $49.61 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽⁵⁾ 2/20/2010 Common Stock 2033 $51.995 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽⁶⁾ 4/26/2016 Common Stock 9195 $58.73 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽⁷⁾ 2/17/2012 Common Stock 1525 $59.9749 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽⁸⁾ 4/28/2015 Common Stock 8443 $61.59 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽⁹⁾ 4/28/2014 Common Stock 4067 $63.1413 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽¹⁰⁾ 4/23/2018 Common Stock 2865 $63.99 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽¹¹⁾ 2/21/2011 Common Stock 1525 $68.5891 D

Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽¹²⁾ 4/25/2017 Common Stock 9460 $71.88 D

Explanation of Responses:

( 1) Total number of shares directly owned by the reporting person as of October 1, 2009. The reporting person directly owns 4,040 shares in a brokerage account and 121.659045 shares are held in the Corporation's Dividend Reinvestment Program.

( 2) Held by the Trustee of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan and Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan and beneficially owned by the reporting person as of October 1, 2009.

( 3) Stock option granted on February 17, 2003 and fully vested and exercisable.

( 4) Stock option granted on April 29, 2009. In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.

( 5) Stock option granted on February 21, 2000 and fully vested and exercisable.

( 6) Stock option granted on April 26, 2006 and fully vested and exercisable.

( 7) Stock option granted on February 18, 2002 and fully vested and exercisable.

( 8) Stock option granted April 28, 2005 and fully vested and exercisable.

( 9) Stock option granted on April 28, 2004 and fully vested and exercisable.

( 10) Stock option granted on April 23, 2008. In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.

( 11) Stock option granted on February 22, 2001 and fully vested and exercisable.

( 12) Stock option granted on April 25, 2007. In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.

Remarks:
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Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships

Director 10% Owner Officer Other

Azbell Michael T.
P.O. BOX 619100
DALLAS, TX 75261-9100

Vice President and Controller

Signatures

/s/ Steve W. Milton as attorney-in-fact for Michael T. Azbell 10/9/2009

^** Signature of Reporting Person Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
Common Stock	4161.659 ⁽¹⁾	D
Common Stock	3934.4353	I	Incentive Investment Plan ⁽²⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽³⁾	2/16/2013	Common Stock	4067	$43.7987	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁴⁾	4/29/2019	Common Stock	3024	$49.61	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁵⁾	2/20/2010	Common Stock	2033	$51.995	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁶⁾	4/26/2016	Common Stock	9195	$58.73	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁷⁾	2/17/2012	Common Stock	1525	$59.9749	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁸⁾	4/28/2015	Common Stock	8443	$61.59	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁹⁾	4/28/2014	Common Stock	4067	$63.1413	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽¹⁰⁾	4/23/2018	Common Stock	2865	$63.99	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽¹¹⁾	2/21/2011	Common Stock	1525	$68.5891	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽¹²⁾	4/25/2017	Common Stock	9460	$71.88	D

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas J. Mielke, Timothy C. Everett, John W. Wesley, and Steve W. Milton, 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 him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC and (ii) execute and acknowledge Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 (including amendments thereto) 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 SEC, the national securities exchanges and the Company pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, 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.

The undersigned agrees and represents to those dealing with any of the attorneys-in-fact herein that this Power of Attorney is for indefinite duration and may be voluntarily revoked only by written notice delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of August 2009.

/s/ Michael T. Azbell
    Michael T. Azbell

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	4161.659 ⁽¹⁾	D
Common Stock	3934.4353	I	Incentive Investment Plan ⁽²⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽³⁾	2/16/2013	Common Stock	4067	$43.7987	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁴⁾	4/29/2019	Common Stock	3024	$49.61	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁵⁾	2/20/2010	Common Stock	2033	$51.995	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁶⁾	4/26/2016	Common Stock	9195	$58.73	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁷⁾	2/17/2012	Common Stock	1525	$59.9749	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁸⁾	4/28/2015	Common Stock	8443	$61.59	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁹⁾	4/28/2014	Common Stock	4067	$63.1413	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽¹⁰⁾	4/23/2018	Common Stock	2865	$63.99	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽¹¹⁾	2/21/2011	Common Stock	1525	$68.5891	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽¹²⁾	4/25/2017	Common Stock	9460	$71.88	D

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Total number of shares directly owned by the reporting person as of October 1, 2009. The reporting person directly owns 4,040 shares in a brokerage account and 121.659045 shares are held in the Corporation's Dividend Reinvestment Program.
( 2)	Held by the Trustee of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan and Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan and beneficially owned by the reporting person as of October 1, 2009.
( 3)	Stock option granted on February 17, 2003 and fully vested and exercisable.
( 4)	Stock option granted on April 29, 2009. In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.
( 5)	Stock option granted on February 21, 2000 and fully vested and exercisable.
( 6)	Stock option granted on April 26, 2006 and fully vested and exercisable.
( 7)	Stock option granted on February 18, 2002 and fully vested and exercisable.
( 8)	Stock option granted April 28, 2005 and fully vested and exercisable.
( 9)	Stock option granted on April 28, 2004 and fully vested and exercisable.
( 10)	Stock option granted on April 23, 2008. In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.
( 11)	Stock option granted on February 22, 2001 and fully vested and exercisable.
( 12)	Stock option granted on April 25, 2007. In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Azbell Michael T. P.O. BOX 619100 DALLAS, TX 75261-9100			Vice President and Controller

Signatures
/s/ Steve W. Milton as attorney-in-fact for Michael T. Azbell		10/9/2009
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:	File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.