Michael DiBenedeto was born on April 1, 1921 in Philadelphia. He was one of eight children.
Michael later moved to Berwyn, Pennsylvania. He found employment with the American Non Gran Bronze Company. The company was named because they made bronze bearings to government specifications with nongranular qualities. The company made bearings which were used in Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, for his historic flight across the Atlantic in 1927.