When Henry Ralph Aiken was born on 1 February 1915, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, his father, Henry Hammond Aiken, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth McElveen, was 28. He married Mildred Edna Burns on 14 July 1944, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States for about 5 years and Greenville Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 21 July 2005, in Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.