When Lee Irving Traxler was born on 12 November 1904, in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States, his father, Moroni M Traxler, was 37 and his mother, Nellie Grenawalt, was 32. He married Jessie Florence Vantrease on 6 July 1929, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States. He lived in Fayette Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 23 July 1979, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.