Albert Bennett was born on April 1, 1923, to Moses and Ella Hughs Bennett who lived in Relief, North Carolina. Albert was the second oldest son of four children.

In 1942, Albert moved to Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania. Once there, he took a job as a shipping and receiving clerk with the Electric Hose and Rubber Company in Wilmington, Delaware. 

Albert enlisted in the Air Corps on January 2, 1943. He married Alberta Johnson.

Corporal Albert Bennett died in a vehicle accident on January 21, 1945, in Arizona. He is buried at McInturff Cemetery in Unicoi County, Tennessee.

Credits

Research by Don Wambold, WCMSC