Bekim Berisha Military person

Bekim Berisha (Albanian: Bekim Berisha; Croatian: Bekim Beriša) (15 June 1966 – 10 August 1998) was a Kosovar Albanian soldier who gained prominence in the Yugoslav Wars. He served in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence. He subsequently fought in the Bosnian Army, and later also in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), where he was named a general. He was killed in 1998, during the Battle of Junik, and was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.

Personal facts

Bekim Berisha
Alias (AKA)Abeja
Birth dateJune 15, 1966
Birth place
Peć , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Date of deathAugust 10, 1998
Place of death
Serbia and Montenegro , Junik

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Military person

award
Hero of Kosovo
Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski
military operations
Kosovo War
Battle of Belaćevac Mine
Battle of Junik
Bosnian War
Battle of Glodjane
Croatian War of Independence
Battle of Gospić

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