When Ovet Richard Wallin was born on 18 August 1908, in Martin Township, Harmon, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Wallin, was 39 and his mother, Mary Louise Enochs, was 30. He married Lola Ruth Pritchard on 17 August 1930. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 17 April 1983, in Hemet, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.