Early Life
Grider was born in Memphis, Tennessee, son of John MacGavock Grider, (killed in action, World War I, aviation), and the brother of John Grider. As a youth, he attended the public schools and received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland where he was graduated and received his naval commission in 1936. While at Annapolis, he married in secret in contravention to USNA regulations, and was officially married in 1938.
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