Aleksandar Berić

Aleksandar Beric (13 June 1906 – 12 April 1941), born in Novi Bečej, Serbia, was a war hero in then Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the short-lived "April War" in 1941.

He was commander (rank: lieutenant of I.class, commander of the frigate) of the ship Monitor Drava on which he died 12 April 1941. He fought against Nazi German Luftwaffe's Stuka dive-bombers on the river Danube, refusing to surrender his ship in command to superior Nazi German forces.

The main barracks for the river flotilla in Novi Sad is named after Berić.