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petar and irena kačić -lrb- father & mother -rrb- 20 november 1991 ovčara , vukovar , croatia vukovar , sfr yugoslavia , -lrb- now croatia -rrb- croat 23 august 1975 igor kačić.jpg igor kačić
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igor kačić

igor kačić -lrb- 23 august 1975 -- 20 november 1991 -rrb- was a croatian teenager who was killed during the vukovar massacre .
kačić was born and raised in vukovar to petar and irena kačić with his twin sister silvia and older sister sandra .
at the beginning of the battle of vukovar during the croatian war of independence , kačić was supposed to attend the second grade of the electrical engineering high school in vukovar .
on september 14 , 1991 , the kačić family apartment was destroyed by shelling , after which they were forced to seek refuge in a bomb shelter .
kačić 's father was actively involved in the defense of vukovar until his death on october 2 , 1991 .
as the fall of vukovar began to appear inevitable , on november 18 , 1991 , kačić and his family were moved into the shelter of the vukovar hospital by the comrades of his late father .
igor obtained a rifle and would stand guard at the entrance to the shelter .
on november 20 , 1991 , two days after the fall of vukovar , kačić , his mother and sisters came out of the hospital basement with other refugees under orders of the yugoslav people 's army and local serb forces .
outside , veselin Šljivančanin , officer of the yugoslav people 's army , was standing at the door separating the men from women and children .
he pointed to kačić , who was a tall and strong young man , and he put him among the men , saying : `` you over there ! '' .
igor kačić 's mother asked Šljivančanin `` why him , he 's just a kid ? ''
as she showed him igor 's health card with the date of his birth .
Šljivančanin replied : `` we 'll check everything . ''
that was the last time his mother and sisters saw kačić .
he was killed at ovčara the same day .
in 1996 , the exhumation at ovčara started , and kačić 's remains were found , together with a gold pendant , a little dolphin that he carved during his time in the shelter , and a couple of die-cast toy cars .
his mother later found out that kačić was separated at ovčara into a group of men who were supposed to be released , but their neighbor from vukovar reportedly said that he should not to be released because `` he is the son of an ustaša '' .
kačić was buried in 1997 at the rijeka cemetery , together with his father , whose remains were exhumed in 1998 .
he was the youngest victim of the vukovar massacre .
on november 11 , 2012 a monument was revealed in vukovar , called `` father and son '' , honoring petar and igor kačić .
