Elvis “Bill” Lowe Greer was born on 15 January 1920, in Milan, Tennessee. His parents are Ernest & Emma (Lowe) Greer of Milan, Tennessee. Elvis married Sarah V. (Fisher) of Rutherford, Tennessee. Elvis came to Prospect, Ohio, to live with his Aunt, Mrs. H. D. Chapman. He lived here for three years, prior to his entering service while in Marion County, Elvis was an employee with the Marion Steam Shovel Company.

Elvis L. Greer enlisted into the Army Air Corps, in April 1942, from Marion, Ohio. He attained the rank of Technical Sergeant (TSgt.) and was an aerial engineer. He was assigned to Bergstrom Army Air Field, Austin, Texas. In May of 1944, he was sent overseas. TSgt. Elvis L. Greer was assigned to the 3rd Combat Cargo Group,10th Combat Cargo Squadron, China-Burma-India. He was a crew chief aboard a C-47 Dakota.

On 27 May 1945, while flying a shuttle mission between Shingbwiyang and Warazup, Burma, his C-47A (#42-92981) is believed to have gone down in the Hukawng Valley, Burma. The crew was listed as Missing in Action. In February of 1946, TSgt. Elvis L. Greer was officially declared, Killed in Action, his remains were never recovered.

TSgt. Elvis L. Greer is remembered, at the sight of his parents grave, by a memorial marker. This is located at the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee. He is also memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Elvis L. Greer is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall, at the Marion Cemetery.