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Guin was born in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], to James Frank Guin (1882-1930) and the former Bessie Aline Reeves (1898-1991), both originally from Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. The Guins had moved to El Paso in the hope that the dry climate would alleviate the impact of the [[tuberculosis]] which James Guin had contracted during [[World War I]] while serving in the [[United States Army]]. After his father's death, Mrs. Guin relocated with their three-year-old son to [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, where they lived with her mother. Bessie Guin subsequently married James E. Fitch, Sr., an [[Ohio]] native, and the couple resided in Shreveport. In addition to Billy, there was a second son, James Fitch, Jr. (born c. 1937).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/billy-guin-la-14073283|title=Billy James Guin in the 1940 Census|publisher=archives.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Guin was born in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], to James Frank Guin (1882-1930) and the former Bessie Aline Reeves (1898-1991), both originally from Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. The Guins had moved to El Paso in the hope that the dry climate would alleviate the impact of the [[tuberculosis]] which James Guin had contracted during [[World War I]] while serving in the [[United States Army]]. After his father's death, Mrs. Guin relocated with their three-year-old son to [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, where they lived with her mother. Bessie Guin subsequently married James E. Fitch, Sr., an [[Ohio]] native, and the couple resided in Shreveport. In addition to Billy, there was a second son, James Fitch, Jr. (born c. 1937).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/billy-guin-la-14073283|title=Billy James Guin in the 1940 Census|publisher=archives.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Guin graduated in 1944 from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and then entered [[Virginia Military Institute]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Virginia_Military_Institute_Bomb_Yearbook/1949/Page_128.html|title=Billy Guin, Class of 1949|publisher=e-yearbook.comlaccessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>  Guin left VMI for duty in the [[United States Marine Corps]] in extended [[World War II]] service. He then returned to VMI, from which he received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. There he met his wife, the former Nancy Jane Beale (1927-2018), a native of Franklin near [[Norfolk]], Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=187986102|title=Nancy Jane Beale Guin|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 28, 2018|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Guin graduated in 1944 from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and then entered [[Virginia Military Institute]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Virginia_Military_Institute_Bomb_Yearbook/1949/Page_128.html|title=Billy Guin, Class of 1949|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>  Guin left VMI for duty in the [[United States Marine Corps]] in extended [[World War II]] service. He then returned to VMI, from which he received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. There he met his wife, the former Nancy Jane Beale (1927-2018), a native of Franklin near [[Norfolk]], Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=187986102|title=Nancy Jane Beale Guin|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 28, 2018|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Guin also served with the U.S. Army during the [[Korean War]]. He remained thereafter in the [[United States Army]] Reserve for three decades. On his return to Shreveport, he became affiliated with E. M. Freeman and Associates and United Gas before he formed the former B. J. Guin Engineering Company.<ref name=zoominfo>Billy James Guin, Sr., Zoominfo.com, July 24, 2014.</ref>

Guin also served with the U.S. Army during the [[Korean War]]. He remained thereafter in the [[United States Army]] Reserve for three decades. On his return to Shreveport, he became affiliated with E. M. Freeman and Associates and United Gas before he formed the former B. J. Guin Engineering Company.<ref name=zoominfo>Billy James Guin, Sr., Zoominfo.com, July 24, 2014.</ref>