Marija Bursać

Marija Bursać (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Бурсаћ) (August 2, 1921 – September 22, 1943) was a Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav communist who died while fighting for the Partisans during World War II.

Marija Bursać was born in Kamenica near Drvar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. When World War II engulfed Yugoslavia, she joined the Communist Youth in October 1941, and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in February 1942. Since July 1942, she served as a political commissar of the 3rd Company of the Working Youth Battalion. In February 1943, when the 10th Krajina Brigade was formed, she enlisted under the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion. During an attack on the German bunkers at Prkos near Kulen Vakuf on September 17, 1943, she was wounded and had to be transported to the hospital of the 5th Corps of the People's Liberation Army which was 40 km away. She kept singing while she was being carried off the battlefield, but died before they could reach the hospital.

Bursać was the first woman awarded with the order of People's Hero of Yugoslavia, by the National Liberation Army Central Command on October 15, 1943. Marija Bursać is the great-grandmother of musician Minja Majstorović and his younger brother Dorian Majstorović^{[citation needed]}.

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• BURSAĆ MARIJA

Persondata
Name	Bursac, Marija
Alternative names
Short description	First woman awarded order of People's Hero of Yugoslavia
Date of birth	August 2, 1921
Place of birth	Kamenica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death	September 22, 1943
Place of death	Kulen Vakuf, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina