Agafon Mikheevich Telepov was born in 1922, and was drafted into the army in July 1941 by the Lystra district military commissariat. He took part in battles with the Nazi invaders as a platoon commander in the 77th Separate Guards anti–aircraft battery. He participated in the liberation of China from the Japanese imperialists as part of the troops of the Second Far Eastern Front with the rank of senior lieutenant. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, Red Star, medals "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "For the Victory over Japan", jubilee medals. He was discharged from the army in 1946.