Edvard Peperko
Edvard Peperko (2 June 1966 – 27 June 1991) was a Slovene soldier.
Life and death[edit]
Edvard Peperko was born in Kamnik and also lived in Domžale. He was one of the first to fall in Slovenia's Ten-Day War of independence. He was struck in the chest on 27 June 1991 by special forces in Trzin and severely wounded.[1][2] An ambulance was called from Domžale to transport Peperko, but he died during transport near the Ljubljana suburb of Šentjakob ob Savi. He left behind a wife and two children.
Distinctions and awards[edit]
In 1992, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia for “exceptional merit in the defense of freedom and establishing the sovereignty of the Republic of Slovenia.”[3]
Legacy[edit]
The Edvard Peperko Barracks in Ljubljana were named after Peperko in June 2012.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Stele, France. 1991. Slovenija skozi ogenj do neodvisnosti. Komenda: author, p. 57.
- ^ Kastelic, Danilo. 2002. "Razstava Vojna za Slovenijo 1991." Mengešan 9 (January), p. 32.
- ^ Up-rs.si - Seznam vseh odlikovancev od leta 1992 do decembra 2007 Archived 2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
- ^ "DL: Franc Rozman - Stane "očitno ni padel za samostojno Slovenijo"" [DL: Evidently Franc Rozman Did Not Fall for an Independent Slovenia]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). 4 July 2012.