Bentzion Kemelman was born in Brailov, Ukraine (USSR) to Boris. He was married to Lea. Prior to WWII he lived in Vinnitsa, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Bentzion was killed in military service in WWII.
Large numbers of Jewish soldiers serving in the Allied military forces, many of them in the Soviet army, were killed in combat or died of battle wounds.