When Richard Eugene Lancaster was born on 20 October 1919, in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States, his father, William Arthur Lancaster, was 22 and his mother, Freda Christine Kehl, was 22. He lived in Marietta Ward 2, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Marietta, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 21 March 1992, in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States.