Vera Jocić ( sr, Вера Јоцић; mk, Вера Јоциќ; 21 August 1923 – 22 May 1944) was a

Yugoslav partisan The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...

and

People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...

. She was born in the village of Sindjelić,

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...

, in a Serbian colonists' family and fought in the

Yugoslav People's Liberation War World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and their client regimes. Shortly after Germany attacked the US ...

. She was wounded near

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in the Bulgarian occupation zone of Yugoslavia, (today

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), where she died.Dnevnik
Времеплов 1923 She inspired the famous song "Eyes" by

Aco Šopov Aco Šopov ( mk, Ацо Шопов ; 1923 in Štip – 1982 in Skopje) was a Macedonian poet. He was considered one of the most important poets of Yugoslavia. He took part in World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–45) and his poems written at the tim ...

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1923 births 1944 deaths People from Gazi Baba Municipality Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Yugoslav Partisans members Women in the Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav military personnel killed in World War II Macedonian people of Serbian descent Military personnel from Skopje {{World-War-II-bio-stub