• Aug. 6, 1920 – May 6, 1945
• Born in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the town of Sweetwater
• College of Education, 1941
• Sergeant – Army Air Corps
• 75th Bomb Sqn, 42nd Bomb Grp. Lost at Sea, near Tarakan Island, North Kalimantan (Borneo). Indonesia.
• Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines

Benjamin Franklin Huffine Jr (Aug. 6, 1920 – May 6, 1945) was born in Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee. He was attending his first year at the University of Tennessee for Education when the United States entered the war in 1941. Huffine enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served as a sergeant with the 75th Bomb Squadron. 42nd Bomb Group deployed in the Pacific Theater. He was killed in action when his plane was lost at sea near Tarakan Island in Borneo, Indonesia. He is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines, and at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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