Aleksandar Berić
Aleksandar Beric, born in Novi Bečej, Serbia, was an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Navy during the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.
He was commander of the monitor on which he heroically died on 12 April 1941. He fought against Luftwaffe Stuka dive-bombers on the river Danube, refusing to surrender his ship to superior German forces.
The main barracks for the river flotilla in Novi Sad is named after Berić.
