Medvedev Grigory Andreevich was born in 1920, drafted into the army in September 1940 by the Lenin military enlistment office. He took part in battles with the Nazi invaders as part of the troops of the Western and Third Belorussian Fronts as a gun commander, assistant platoon commander with the rank of senior sergeant. He participated in the war with imperialist Japan as part of the Trans-Baikal Front. He was awarded two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, medals "For Bravery", "For Military Merit", "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 1945.