PFC Elias R. Grieger,

PFC Elias R. Grieger, US Army Airborne. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Grleger, of Taylor Texas and the brother of S 2/c Adolf A. Grieger. Elias attended Taylor High School. He entered the US Army, in 1944, trained at Camp Fannin Texas, and Ft. Benning, Ga. He served in the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines. He was wounded in Negros Island in 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The Bronze Star Medal (BSM), The Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), The American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (PTO), The Good Conduct Medal, and the World War Two Victory Medal. 

PFC Elias R. Grieger, US Army Airborne. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Grleger, of Taylor Texas and the brother of S 2/c Adolf A. Grieger. Elias attended Taylor High School. He entered the US Army, in 1944, trained at Camp Fannin Texas, and Ft. Benning, Ga. He served in the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines. He was wounded in Negros Island in 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The Bronze Star Medal (BSM), The Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), The American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (PTO), The Good Conduct Medal, and the World War Two Victory Medal. 

Men and women in the Armed Forces from Williamson County Texas