When John Dick Hershberger was born on 25 January 1913, in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States, his father, Harrie Lee Hershberger, was 33 and his mother, Grace Alice Inloes, was 36. He married Ethel Annie Lewellyn Chudy on 14 March 1936, in Highland Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and San Antonio Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 6 June 1974, in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 61.