Background
Mestrovitch, an ethnic Serb, was born as Joko Meštrović in the area of Boka Kotorska, today"s Montenegro, and after immigrating to the United States in 1913 he lived in Fresno, California.
Mestrovitch, an ethnic Serb, was born as Joko Meštrović in the area of Boka Kotorska, today"s Montenegro, and after immigrating to the United States in 1913 he lived in Fresno, California.
He enlisted in the United States. Army at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the war, Mestrovitch served at Company C, 111th Infantry, 28th Division. During the battle in Fismette in northern France, on 10 August 1918, he rescued his company commander:
He died from the Spanish flu one week before the armistice.