Henry Pierson Crowe

regimental weapons co, 8th Marines 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines 1st Shore Party Bn, 1st Marine Division HampS Bn, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego

Henry Jim Pierson Crowe was born March 7, 1899, in Boston, Kentucky the fourth of the five children of Samuel Lee Crowe and Alvada T. Crowe . After attending high school at Mount Pulaski, Illinois for three years, he entered the Marine Corps on October 28, 1918. After boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, he served in port security at Brest, France under General Smedley D. Butler , returned as a Private First Class, and was discharged December 1919. He reenlisted in 1921. He served in the Dominican Republic , in Nicaragua , and at various other posts and stations. He was also a frequent participant in local and national shooting competitions, winning the coveted Distinguished Marksman Medal in 1927.

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