When Col William Pryor Junk Jr. was born on 7 November 1924, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, his father, William Pryor Junk, was 26 and his mother, Irene L Hambright, was 22. He married Mary Jacquelin Ryan on 7 June 1947, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 25 October 1986, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Kent, King, Washington, United States.