Vukašin Šoškoćanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукашин Шошкоћанин, pronounced [ʋukǎʃin ʃoʃkǒ:tɕanin]; 24 June 1958 – 15 May 1991) was a Croatian Serb war commander active during the Croatian War.
Born to Milan and Ljubica Šoškoćanin on 24 June 1958, Vukašin had two brothers, Radovan and Dušan.
On 15 May 1991 at around 10:30 AM, while returning from a visit to a refugee camp in Vojvodina, he died by drowning in the Danube river in a "boating accident.
"[4] After his death and during the occupation of the Croatian territory an elementary school in Borovo was named in his honour.
He was posthumously awarded the title of "Hero of the People" by the Serbian authorities in occupied Beli Manastir on 25 September 1991.