When John Alfred Kallunki was born on 24 November 1909, in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States, his father, Anders Kallunki, was 47 and his mother, Mary Erika Warjakka, was 31. He married Claudia Cusick on 9 September 1935, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1935 and San Antonio Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 25 December 1980, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 71.