William was born in 1903. He was the son of George Balding and Augusta Warmoth.
Agent Balding joined the Bureau of Prohibition on November 12, 1929, and served in the Monterey and San Francisco, CA, offices. He carried badge #1450. Agent Balding was a veteran of both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army.[1]
Prohibition Agents William "Teddie" Balding and William P. Goggin were on routine patrol in San Francisco when a delivery truck crashed broadside into their Government car at 7th and Folsom streets. The agents and the truck driver were ejected from their respective vehicles during the crash. All three men were rushed to Central Emergency Hospital. Agent Balding died at the hospital without regaining consciousness on November 16, 1932.[1] He is buried at San Francisco National Cemetery in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.[2]
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