Aleksa Radovanović

Aleksa Radovanović
Born(1900-08-02)2 August 1900
Medveđa, Kingdom of Serbia
Died23 June 2004(2004-06-23) (aged 103)
Medveđa, Serbia and Montenegro
AllegianceKingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslavia
Service / branchRoyal Serbian Army (1914–18)
Royal Yugoslav Army (1919–20)
Yugoslav Partisans (1941–45)
RankMajor
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsLegion of Honor

gold Obilić medal
silver Obilić medal
Medal of Kosančić Ivan
Order of Vojvoda Stepe
Medal of King Peter I

Partisan Memorial in 1941

Aleksa Radovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Радовановић; 2 August 1900 – 23 June 2004) was a Serbian soldier and the longest surviving veteran who fought in the Macedonian front theatre in World War I.

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