KEMAL VELAGI\u0106, son of AHMED, born on October 20, 1926, in Blagaj near Mostar. Sheet metal worker, member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1942, in the Battalion since October 1943, killed in \u010ci\u010devo near Konjic on February 17, 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Circumstances of Kemal’s death, as recorded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In the battle against the Chetniks of the Konjic Brigade on February 10 near the village of Kula, the Battalion suffered heavy losses: 9 fighters killed and 9 wounded (\u2026) It was reported that such an outcome was caused by the malfunctioning of the frozen weapons and errors in the Battalion’s leadership. On the other side, 4 Chetniks were killed and 2 were wounded.” Partisan Kemal Velagi\u0107 was “wounded in both legs and died soon after due to blood loss.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KEMAL VELAGI\u0106, son of AHMED, born on October 20, 1926, in Blagaj near Mostar. Sheet metal worker, member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1942, in the Battalion since October 1943, killed in \u010ci\u010devo near Konjic on February 17, 1944. Circumstances of Kemal’s death, as recorded: “In the battle against the Chetniks of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9313,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[314,336,316],"tags":[317,454],"prezime":[453],"class_list":["post-13515","partizan","type-partizan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-18-25-g-en","category-poginuli-1944-en","category-poginuli-u-bih-en","tag-bataljon-en","tag-velagic-en","prezime-v-en","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"ptb_metabox":{"ptb_partizan_izvori":" grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945; \u0106emalovi\u0107, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon<\/a>, Mostar; Komnenovi\u0107, Danilo; Kreso, Muharem (1979): 29. hercegova\u010dka divizija<\/a>, IZ, Beograd\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n Photo of the memorial plaque<\/em>: S. Demirovi\u0107.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","ptb_partizan_datum_rodzenja":"(1926. Mostar \u2013 1944. 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