When Clifford R. Aahl was born on 8 February 1913, in Verona, LaMoure, North Dakota, United States, his father, Albert Knutson Aahl, was 62 and his mother, Andrea Anna Jensen, was 31. He lived in Valley City, Barnes, North Dakota, United States in 1935 and School District 14 Shelby, Toole, Montana, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 13 March 2004, in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Packwood, Lewis, Washington, United States.