Facts:   - battles: greco-italian war battle of crete greek civil war    - allegiance: greece 23px    - death date: 11 august 1993      - awards: gold cross of valour -lrb- twice -rrb-    - birth date: 1922    - serviceyears: 1940 -- 1982    - name: agamemnon gratzios    - branch: hellenic army    - birth place: elafotopos    - rank: general   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of agamemnon gratzios .
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agamemnon gratzios or gratsios -lrb- , 1922 -- 11 august 1993 -rrb- was a greek army officer who rose to the rank of full general , and held the posts of chief of the hellenic army general staff and of the hellenic national defence general staff .he was born in the village of elafotopos , zagori in the ioannina prefecture , in 1922 .he entered the hellenic army academy , but the outbreak of the greco-italian war on 28 october 1940 interrupted his studies ; along with his classmates , he participated in the battle of crete , where he was seriously wounded .in 1942 he was named a second lieutenant .during the greek civil war , he served as a platoon , company and battery commander , being promoted to lieutenant -lrb- 1946 -rrb- and captain -lrb- 1948 -rrb- .he was again wounded during the battle of naousa in april 1949 .gratzios was an artillery officer , but after the civil war , he was trained in special operations in greece and germany and held several command and staff positions in the greek special forces : commander of the paratroopers school , of the 5th raider squadron , of the special forces in cyprus -lrb- in 1965-67 -rrb- .he also commanded the 12th infantry division , the asden and iii army corps , and first army , being successively promoted to major -lrb- 1952 -rrb- , lt. colonel -lrb- 1958 -rrb- , colonel -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , brigadier -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , major general -lrb- 1972 -rrb- and lt. general -lrb- 1974 -rrb- .on 14 september 1976 he assumed the position of chief of the army command , which a year later was reconstituted again as the hellenic army general staff , a post he held until 11 january 1980 , when he was appointed as chief of the hellenic national defence general staff and promoted to full general .he finally retired on 19 january 1982 .he died in 1993 , and is survived by a wife and two children .