Mostar

At 11, he lost his father in the shelling of his hometown, Mostar, and spent years as a refugee, moving from country to country with his mother as she struggled to find a way to survive.

His best friend from childhood survived the war in Bosnia and still lives in Mostar, working and raising a family, but Mr. Ramic, an American citizen, said he doubted he would return to live there.

He and his mother have returned to Mostar for visits, including in September for the 30th anniversary of his father’s death.

He was 9 when war broke out in Mostar as Serbian forces fought Croatian and Bosnian fighters for control of the city.

He stayed in Mostar to look after their property and was killed the next year, in September 1993, when a mortar shell landed in the street outside their house.