Early Life
Luna was born to Eliseo and Elvira Luna in New Braunfels, Texas, the youngest of their eight children. When Gregory was seven months old, Eliseo Luna died and, shortly afterward, the family moved to San Antonio. While growing up, Luna worked as a restaurant bus boy, a grocery-store sacker and in the mailroom at the San Antonio Express.
At 21, after attending San Antonio College briefly, Luna enlisted in the United States Army and served a short stint, advancing to the rank of corporal. After his service, he joined the San Antonio Police Department. While an officer, Luna attended night classes and graduated from Trinity University with a Bachelor of Arts in math and St. Mary's University School of Law with a law degree. While an officer, Luna also helped train police officers in Venezuela as part of a U.S. government program. Luna began his law career as a prosecutor for the City of San Antonio, and opened a started a private law practice in 1968.
Luna married Helen Garcia 21 August 1955 and had two sons and two daughters.
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