Dane Stojanović


Danilo "Dane" Stojanović was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia and Macedonia, who also participated in the Balkan Wars. He was also known as Dane Krapče.

Life

Stojanović was born in Krapa, a village in the Makedonski Brod municipality, at the time part of the Prilep kaza of the Ottoman Empire. He joined the cheta of Gligor Sokolović. Upon the murder of Sokolović by Turks on July 30, 1910, Stojanović succeeded as the band's commander. He participated in the Balkan Wars. In the First Balkan War, he was at the front of the Chetnik detachments and fought at Kumanovo and Bitola.