Veljko Milanković ( sr, Вељко Миланковић; 5 January 1955 – 14 February 1993) was a

Bosnian Serb The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...

war commander during the

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with the rank of second lieutenant. Milanković was badly wounded on 4 February 1993 in Donji Kašić, Croatia and later died of his wounds at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade on 14 February 1993. In 2007, it was announced that Milanković would have a street named after him in

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. Non-governmental groups protested the decision.

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1955 births 1993 deaths People from Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Army of Republika Srpska soldiers Military personnel of the Bosnian War Military personnel of the Croatian War of Independence {{serbia-mil-bio-stub