Adil Bešić

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Adil Bešić
Born(1964-04-05)April 5, 1964
Banja Luka, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [1] [2] [3]
DiedNovember 28, 1992(1992-11-28) (aged 28)
Bihać, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
AllegianceBosnia and Herzegovina
Commands2. battalion of 502. knights mountain brigade
Awards Order of the Golden Lily
Order of the Hero of the Liberation War

Adil Bešić (April 5, 1964 – November 28, 1992) was a Bosnian military officer in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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He started his military career in the Yugoslav People's Army as an officer, and from 1992 he was a member of the Territorial Defense of Bihać. As the commander of the 2nd battalion of the 502nd famous mountain brigade of the Fifth Corps, he died on November 28, 1992, in the Grabež region while performing a combat mission. He was posthumously awarded the Golden Lily and the Order of the Hero of the Liberation War of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Early life

He was born in Banja Luka on April 5, 1964. [1] [2] [3] He was named after his mother, Adila, who died 8 days after his birth. He grew up in a family originating from the Prijedor neighborhood of Kozarac, which consisted of his father Adem, stepmother Bahri, and brothers: the elder Nihad and two younger brothers Ilijaz and Izet. [1]

Soon after his birth, in 1964, the Bešić family moved from Kozarac to Prijedor, where Adil finished elementary school. In 1978, as an excellent student, he went to Zagreb, where he entered the Military High School, after which he continued his education at the Military Academy, majoring in the Army. He attended the first two years of the military academy in Sarajevo, and the remaining two years of study in Belgrade, where he graduated.

Military career

After graduating from the Military Academy, he continued his career in the JNA, as an officer. His office was originally located in Tolmin, Slovenia. Over time, he proves himself a promising officer. He completes a course for JNA reconnaissance units, after which he works as an intelligence agent in the border area, on the state triple border, between the former Yugoslavia, Austria, and Italy.

With the declaration of Slovenia's independence and the beginning of the Ten-Day War, the JNA unit he served was located on the Yugoslav border, in Nova Gorica. After the JNA withdrew from the territory of Slovenia, the JNA unit in which Adil Bešić was on August 29, 1991, together with about 100 vehicles was stationed in Bihać. Part of that unit, in which Adil was also, was transferred to Plitvice, over which JNA forces took control on March 31, 1991.

After the start of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he left the JNA. He then joined the Territorial Defense of RBiH in Bihać, where he took command of the Territorial Defense Detachment "Gata-Vrsta".

War period

After taking command of the TO "Gata-Vrsta" Detachment, Adil Bešić, as a professional military person, established a military organization and, through his activities in the Detachment, asked his subordinates to professionally perform the tasks entrusted to them while strictly punishing all illegal actions and respecting the Geneva Conventions.

The first significant event under the command of Adil Bešić took place on June 12, 1992, when, in an organized action, the TO "Vrsta" units liberated the populated place of Bulgar and went to the state border with Croatia. [1]

In the next period, the Detachment preserved the defense lines and reached the Serbian Plateau and other defense lines around Bihać. [1]

With the formation of the 2nd Bihać Brigade (502nd Knight's Mountain Brigade), Adil Bešić became the commander of its 2nd battalion.

Death

In November 1992, the forces led by Bešić liberated Lohovska Brda. After the successes achieved in the Grabež region, he was killed on November 28, 1992, as the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the then 2nd Bihać Brigade, while performing a combat mission. [1]

Legacy

The barracks in Bihać used as HQ of the 5th Corps were named after him after his death (Bosnian : Kasarna “Adil Bešić”), and they still exist today under that name, used by the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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