When Vallie V. Shott was born on 2 May 1909, in Iowa, United States, his father, George Frank Shott, was 36 and his mother, Lizzie Belle Warner, was 33. He had at least 2 daughters with Alberta Hazel Holdren. He lived in Fenton, Kossuth, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Algona, Kossuth, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. He died on 27 August 1982, in New Mexico, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States.