Mile Mrkšić ( ; 1 May 1947 – 16 August 2015 ) was a Colonel of the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) in charge of the unit involved in the Battle of Vukovar during the Croatian War of Independence in 1991 . He was convicted for not preventing the mass killing of 264 Croats that followed the fall of Vukovar , and sentenced to 20 years
the mass killing
Vukovar massacre
Mile Mrkšić