Gregory Lawrence Siller 

Enlisted June 24th, 1974
June 1977 – 1979: Panama with 3rd Battalion 5th Infantry, motto “I’ll try Sir”. Worked on Arms Room the promoted to Anti-tank Division. 

July 1979- Aug 1980: Korea with 1st Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment. Running patrols in DMZ between North and South Korea. 

Aug 1980 – March 1981: Sent to 1st Battalion 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. 
March 1981 – September 1981: Sinai Peacekeeping Mission
September 1981 Fort Jackson for Drill Sergeant Training, returning to the 82nd to await orders.
 
Grenada
Charlie Company 1st Battalion 2nd Basic Training Brigade as Drill Sergeant
1st Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment.

1986: Return to Korea on Team Spirit Exercise 

1987 Admitted to Ranger School, graduating as a honor student at age of 32, the gained the nickname “Old Gray Ranger” 

Went to Malaysia to attend their jungle trekking school taught by members on the Ibo tribe.

1989 he attended the Light Fighters Joint Training Center at Fort Polk in Louisiana.

1990 the 1st Battalion 506th Infantry Regiment was deployed to Korea and during that time also deployed to Desert storm. 

1992 Fort Benning: 29th Infantry Regiment as an instructor to the Infantry School Training young 2LT’s their Basic Infantry Course, he remained there until he retired form the service in 1995 after serving for 21 years. 

From 1997 to 2007 Greg served his country again as a police officer with the St. Louis Airport Authority, till he retired from the Police Department, serving 10 years.

2007- 2018 he worked for various contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan to help train their border police. Then he went to the CIA’s Headquarters in Kabul as a security guard, helping to repel terrorist assaults on the compound.

October 29, 2018 - Married love of his life Kathleen Wilson


This photo is a Army Commendation Medal - Multinational Force & Observers 

This photo is of Army Commendation Medal - Grenada Campaign

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