When William Henry Hauser was born on 1 December 1923, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Harry Hauser, was 29 and his mother, Eleanor Margaret Ripperger, was 27. He married Emma Lorraine Petty in 1948. He died on 9 April 2009, in Hemet, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States.