Q:Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: world war i - death date: 5 february 1981 - allegiance: united states of america - rank: first sergeant - awards: medal of honor - birth date: 10 march 1894 - serviceyears: 1917 - 1919 - name: benjamin kaufman - branch: united states army - unit: company k , 308th infantry , 77th division - image: us army benjamin kaufman.jpg - death place: mercer medical center in trenton , new jersey - birth place: buffalo , new york Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of benjamin kaufman .
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benjamin kaufman -lrb- march 10 , 1894 -- february 5 , 1981 -rrb- was a first sergeant in the u.s. army during world war i .he received the medal of honor and the croix de guerre for bravery in action in the argonne forest , france on october 4 , 1918 .