When Harry G Bales was born on 18 December 1927, his father, Harley Gilbert Bales, was 31 and his mother, Ruby Constance Brush, was 21. He married Patricia Paleri on 27 December 1948. He lived in Monroe, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Baker Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 7 October 2003, at the age of 75, and was buried in Turkey Track, Morgan, Indiana, United States.