Mile Mrkšić
Mile Mrkšić | |
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Mile Mrkšić in a Hague courtroom in May 2009 | |
| Born | 1 May 1947 Kozarac, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 16 August 2015 (aged 68) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Buried | Lešće Cemetery, Belgrade |
| Allegiance | SFR Yugoslavia Serbian Krajina FR Yugoslavia |
| Branch | Yugoslav People's Army Serbian Army of Krajina Armed Forces of FR Yugoslavia |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel General |
| Unit | 1st Motorized Guards Brigade |
| Commands | Commander of the Serbian Army of Krajina |
| Battles / wars | Yugoslav Wars |
Mile Mrkšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Мркшић; 1 May 1947 – 16 August 2015) was a colonel of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in charge of the unit involved in the Battle of Vukovar during the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. He was convicted for not preventing the mass killing of 264 Croats that followed the fall of Vukovar, and sentenced to 20 years.