The grave of the first trainee at Naval Station Great Lakes, Seaman Recruit Joseph Wallace Gregg.

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Nov. 10, 2009) The grave of the first trainee at Naval Station Great Lakes, Seaman Recruit Joseph Wallace Gregg, is marked with a headstone at the U. S. Naval Cemetery near the Naval Health Clinic. Gregg arrived at the naval station six years after the base opened in 1911. On July 5th, 1966, he returned to be the first recruit buried in the cemetery. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom) File# 091110-N-8848T-438