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| children=Francis J. Grevemberg
| children=Francis J. Grevemberg
Carroll S. Grevemberg
Carroll S. Grevemberg
| branch=[[United States Army]]
| rank=Colonel of Louisiana Army National Guard
| awards= Soldier's Medal for Heroism<br>
Legion of Merit for outstanding performance during the invasion at Anzio<br>
Croix de Guerre with silver star awarded by the French government<br>
the Army Commendation Medal<br>
Italian Military Valor Cross<br>
European-African Middle Eastern Medal with nine bronze campaign stars
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
*Grevemberg's crusading work as superintendent of the [[Louisiana]] state police prompted his memoirs, a film about his career, and two unsuccessful attempts to be elected [[governor]].<br>
*Grevemberg's crusading work as superintendent of the [[Louisiana]] state police prompted his memoirs, a film about his career, and two unsuccessful attempts to be elected [[governor]].<br>
==Military service==
==Military service==
A decorated [[United States Army]] officer in [[World War II]], Grevemberg served twenty-eight months in the European Theater of Operations. He made five amphibious landings and participated in nine combat campaigns. He went overseas as a captain commanding an anti-aircraft artillery battery in the 1st Infantry Division. He received a combat promotion from General [[George S. Patton, Jr.]], to the rank of [[major]] in [[Tunisia]], and five months later, at the age of twenty-nine, during the beachhead campaign in [[Sicily]], he received from [[General]] [[Omar Bradley]] a second combat promotion, to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=obit/>
A decorated [[United States Army]] officer in [[World War II]], Grevemberg served twenty-eight months in the European Theater of Operations. He made five amphibious landings and participated in nine combat campaigns. He went overseas as a captain commanding an anti-aircraft artillery battery in the 1st Infantry Division and received a combat promotion from General [[George S. Patton, Jr.]], to the rank of [[major]] in [[Tunisia]], and five months later, at the age of twenty-nine, during the beachhead campaign in [[Sicily]], he received from [[General]] [[Omar Bradley]] a second combat promotion, to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=obit/>
In 1951, Grevemberg was promoted for a third time, to the rank of colonel, and became the group commander of the 204th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group of the Louisiana Army National Guard. He returned to active duty during the [[Berlin Wall]] crisis in 1961. His previous command was changed to the 204th Transportation (Truck) Battalion of the state National Guard, which was temporarily stationed at Fort Eustis, [[Virginia]].<ref name=obit/>
In 1951, Grevemberg was promoted for a third time, to the rank of colonel, and became the group commander of the 204th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group of the Louisiana Army National Guard. He returned to active duty during the [[Berlin Wall]] crisis in 1961. His previous command was changed to the 204th Transportation (Truck) Battalion of the state National Guard, which was temporarily stationed at Fort Eustis, [[Virginia]].<ref name=obit/>