Gregg, Stephen Raymond, born 01-09-1914, in New York County, 
New York, United States, to Adam Gregg (1894–1962) and his wife Anna, born Pugowski, Gregg (1892–1968). 
Stephen had one brother, Edward John Gregg (1919–1976) 
Stephen was married with Irene Mary, born Zawalich, Gregg. 
Gregg was drafted into the Army from Bayonne, New Jersey in February 1942 when he was 27 years old, and by 27-08-1944 was serving as a technical sergeant in 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division 
under command of Major General John Ernest Dahlquist 
Dahlquist arrested Herman Göring
Maybe you won’t be surprised to hear that he soon earned the affectionate nickname “The Old Man”?
On that day 27-08-1944, near Montélimar, France, Shephen provided covering fire for a combat medic who was evacuating wounded men to safety. 
Gregg was briefly captured by German soldiers, but managed to escape and returned to the fight. The next day, he directed the fire of his mortar section until communications were disabled. Upon learning that the mortar position had been captured and was being used to fire on his own company, he attacked and re-took the mortars. Gregg was subsequently promoted to second lieutenant and, on 17-04-1945, was presented with the Medal of Honor 
by Lieutenant General Alexander McCarell “Sandy” Patch Jr., 
Commanding General of the U.S. 7th Army. 
He is one of 16 New Jersey and one of two Bayonne residents to receive the Medal of Honor from action taken in World War II.
Gregg left the Army while still a second lieutenant, and returned to Bayonne in 1945 and was greeted with a parade attended by 50,000 people, during which he met his future wife, Irene Zawalick, whom he married in 1947.
Death and burial ground of Gregg, Stephen Raymond.
Gregg went to work for the Hudson’s County Sheriff’s Department and retired as chief of court officers in 1996, after fifty one years of service. He remained very social with his fellow Medal of Honor recipients attending dinners and fundraisers. He died at age 90 on 04-02-2005 in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, New Jersey. He is survived by his son, Stephen Gregg Jr., his daughter, Susan Gregg, and two grandsons, Stephen Gregg III and Adam Gregg.
His wife Irene died in 2001, having lived long enough to see Hudson County, New Jersey, named a park after her hero husband.
On 15-07-2021, 
a bronze statue of Gregg was unveiled in Bayonne in the park that bears his name.
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