[3] Aulds was born in Farmerville, Louisiana, and raised in the Corpus Christi, Texas, area where he was an Eagle Scout and excelled at sports in high school.

[1] Aulds joined the United States Army Air Forces in September 1942 and was stationed at Randolph Field in Texas.

[4] In 1945, Aulds transferred to Camp Pinedale in Fresno, California, where he continue to play baseball; he was released from military service late in 1945 at the rank of sergeant.

For the remainder of the 1947 season, Aulds played 32 games with the New Orleans Pelicans of the Class AA Southern Association, with a .245 batting average.

[1] He died at his home in Hondo, Texas, on October 13, 1999, while watching the television broadcast of the first game of the 1999 American League Championship Series.