The 1940 City Directory shows C. A. Place at 4618 12th Street (his parents' home) and his occupation as factory worker. He registered for the draft during World War II, but was classified 4F. He was living 1942 through 1944 in Moline, Illinois. He married Josephine Kephof (or Kehoe) about 1945. They lived first at 3303 Rockingham Road and in 1958 were living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They divorced and in 1961 he married Shirley Swanstrom. He was then living in Mantua, Utah, having just moved there from Ogden, Utah. They were divorced November 1972 in Grand Junction, Colorado.

He was raised Episcopalian, but became a Lutheran in 1961. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. He became a Mason at Rock Island Lodge No. 658, elected 5 April 1946, initiated 12 April 1946, passed 31 May 1946and raised 18 October 1946. His record at the Rock Island Lodge gives his occupation as Machine Operator.