Benjamin Ralph Kimlau

Benjamin Ralph Kimlau (金勞少尉) (April 11, 1918 – March 5, 1944) was a Chinese American aviator and United States Army Air Forces bomber pilot.

Kimlau was born on April 10, 1918, in Concord, Massachusetts, and moved to New York City with his parents in 1932 when he was 14 years old. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School. After his visit to China, he studied at Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pennsylvania, from 1938 to 1942. Upon graduation he joined the United States Field Artillery Branch as a 2nd lieutenant.

Kimlau soon transferred to the US Army Air Forces' 380th Bombardment Group of the Fifth Air Force. After training as a pilot, he deployed to Fenton Airfield in Australia, from which he flew a B-24 Liberator bomber in 45 missions in support of the New Guinea campaign. On March 5, 1944, Kimlau's bomber crashed shortly after take-off from Nadzab Airfield in New Guinea due to engine failure. Kimlau, his co-pilot, and all 8 members of the crew were killed in the crash. His remains were re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968. In addition, Kimlau has been honored by American Legion 1291, which named its post after him.