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1st Lt Albert Kimball attended high school for four years and was a miner.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 2 February 1942.

He was lightly wounded in action on 10 July 1944 but, after bering treated in an evacuation hospital, he returned to his unit the same day. For this wound he was awarded one of this Purple Heart Medals.

Lt Kimball was awarded a Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: For gallantry in action on 9 and 10 January 1945 in Bihain, Belgium. Lt Kimball led his company, which was less than one-third its normal strength, into Bihain against intense sniper fire and fanactitcal resistance. The operation was conducted under the most unfavorable weather conditions and with only one night of rest in the preceding seven days. Lt Kimball had declined evacuation because of frozen feet the preceding night. He led the company and secured the first group of houses and held them until the following morning. He then led the first elements of his men over an open field exposed to enemy fire and halting short of cover himself, he held down a broken fence while he directed his men across the fence into the comparative safety of a barn. Still disregarding his personal safety, Lt Kimball led his men forward and entered a house not yet clear of the enemy. As he entered an enemy sniper in the house shot and mortally wounded him.