He received the Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre for bravery in action in the Argonne Forest, France on October 4, 1918.

Kaufman was born in Buffalo, New York, but grew up in Brooklyn, where he lived at 2113 Pitkin Avenue, at the time of enlistment.

Benjamin Kaufman died on February 5, 1981, at the Mercer Medical Center in Trenton at the age of 86.

He was survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Finkle; a daughter, Rita DeVries; a sister, Jennie Edwards, and two grandchildren.

Citation: He took out a patrol for the purpose of attacking an enemy machinegun which had checked the advance of his company.