Leonardas Grigonis, also widely known by his codename Užpalis (14 December 1905 – 22 July 1950) was a teacher and anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan, and the second commander of their Prisikėlimas military district.

[3] After Lithuanian independence following World War I, local people received land from the former Tyzenhaus landowners.

[1] During the German occupation of Lithuania during World War II funding for the construction was lackluster and Grigonis often paid out of his own pocket.

Initially people believed that he would immigrate abroad to the United States like his brothers Vytautas, who was an aviation officer and diplomat,[4] and also Leopoldas, who lived there as well.

[4][1] He signed the Lithuanian Partisans Declaration of 16 February 1949[6][5][2][1] and soon was awarded the Cross of the Freedom Fight, 3rd degree.

On 30 May 1950 the presidium of the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters (LLKS) awarded Grigonis the rank of lieutenant colonel.

[2][3][8][7] A day after his death he was posthumously awarded the Cross of the Freedom Fight, 1st and 2nd degrees by the order of the LLKS presidium.