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Edvard Peperko

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Edvard Peperko (2 June 1966 – 27 June 1991) was a Slovene soldier.

Life and death

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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

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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

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The Edvard Peperko Barracks in Ljubljana were named after Peperko in June 2012.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Stele, France. 1991. Slovenija skozi ogenj do neodvisnosti. Komenda: author, p. 57.
  2. ^ Kastelic, Danilo. 2002. "Razstava Vojna za Slovenijo 1991." Mengešan 9 (January), p. 32.
  3. ^ Up-rs.si - Seznam vseh odlikovancev od leta 1992 do decembra 2007 Archived 2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
  4. ^ "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.