When Kenneth Dale Poulson was born on 2 January 1924, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, his father, James Christian Poulson, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Ann Robinson, was 42. He married Alva Joyce Anderson on 26 January 1947, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 26 November 2007, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.