Background
He was born on 14 August 1978 in the Bosnian town of Doboj. At a very young age he was left without his father. In 1992 (the first year of the war), he lived with his mother Milena in Jovići village near Maglaj.
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He attended elementary school in Maglaj but due to the outbreak of the war in Bosnia, he didn"t graduate.
Career
He was the youngest decorated soldier in the Army of Republika Srpska. Gostić thus found himself on the front-lines. Shortly after this, Gostić joined the Army of Republika Srpska, where he started off as a military courier.
After this he was transferred to the duty of delivering food to soldiers on the front-lines.
While going about his duties upon horse, he fell into a mine field The horses succumbed to the mines but Gostić was not seriously wounded.
He would later go on to be wounded again. In March 1993, during the bombing of the checkpoints of the Serb army, five soldiers were killed and Gostić was seriously wounded.
Gostić died of his injuries on 20 March 1993 in Jovići on mount Ozren at the age of 14.
He was buried along with his killed co-soldiers in the village cemetery. Pantelija Ćurguz, president of the Association of Veterans of Republika Srpska, said in a news report that he promised to begin an initiative for the remains of Gostić to be moved to Republika Srpska. In some cities in Republika Srpska, petitions have been initiated for streets to be named after Gostić.
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In the ARBiH offensive on mount Ozren the people retreated from Jovići but Gostić remained with a few soldiers to defend the village.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina