Rank: Senior Lieutenant. Type of Army: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), the Coast Guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 239th Red Banner Rifle Division. From the memoirs of Raisa Sergeevna, the wife of Ivan Ivanovich Grachev, we know that after graduating from a Physical Education College in 1931, he was appointed to work as a physical education teacher in a secondary school. In 1942, he was drafted into the active Army. Ivan Ivanovich fought on the Kalinin Front, was the Deputy Commander of the Battalion for political questions of the 817th Rifle Regiment of the 239th Rifle Division. On November 25, 1942, during the liberation of Zubtsov city of Kalinin region, Ivan died. Three children were left. He was reburied from Pedalino village to the brother grave of Zubtsov on Moscow mountain. In 1975, Raisa Sergeevna visited the brother grave with her sons. His former student Zakhorovskaya R. A. recalls :"" I can't keep silent about the physical education teacher Grachev I. I. I studied with him in the 8th-10th grade. In the 5th – 7th grade, I studied at a seven-year school. There was no gym, and the lessons were badly made. It was difficult to learn from Ivan Ivanovich. The lesson began with walking around the hall with turns and formations. If something did not work out for the student, he still achieved. Sometimes we students didn't like his demands. But later we understood much what he wanted from us.There were a lot of athletes, all passed on badges of GTO, BGTO. In 1942, I was drafted into the ranks of our Army. It was very easy for me in the training company. I am very grateful to the teacher for all that he gave me in his physical education classes."""