WW2 US 101st Airborne 502 PIR D-Day KIA Officer Canvas Relic Normandy Carentan For Sale

For sale is an authentic World War II original US Army cotton duck canvas fragment featuring a period stencil for Second Lieutenant Benny J. Klemantovich, serial number O-1309940. Records confirm Lieutenant Klemantovich served with Company I, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was Killed In Action on June 10, 1944, during the fierce fighting at the Carentan Causeway, also known as Purple Heart Lane, due to German strafing.

​This fragment likely originated from an M1936 Musette Bag or Duffle Bag used during the Normandy Campaign. It represents a rare, historically documented relict tied directly to an Airborne officer who fell during one of the most famous engagements of the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy. The piece will be carefully packed and shipped with tracking.