Ensign Howard Daniel Crow

From the 1920 United States Census, Howard Crow lived with his mother, father, and siblings at Johnson County, Texas. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head H D Crow 36
• Wife Ethel Crow 21
• Daughter Nell Crow 11
• Daughter Reta Crow 9
• Daughter Jewell Crow 8
• Daughter Johnie Crow 6
• Son Howard Crow 2 years, 1 month
• Son Herman Crow 6 months

From the 1930 United States Census, Howard Crow lived with his mother, father, and siblings at Precinct 5, Johnson County, Texas. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head Hiram Crow 46
• Wife Ethel Crow 44
• Daughter Rita Crow 20
• Daughter Jewell Crow 18
• Daughter Johnnie Crow 16
• Son Howard Crow 12
• Son Harmond Crow 10
• Daughter Kathrine Crow 8
• Son Bill M C Crow 5

Obituary for Howard Daniel Crow:

"Howard Daniel Crow -- born in Alvarado, Tex., on 2 February 1918 -- earned a Bachelor of Science degree from North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Tex., in 1939, and enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman at Dallas, Tex., on 29 August 1940. After training in the heavy cruiser Quincy (CA-39) (28 October-23 November 1940), Crow received his appointment as a midshipman, USNR, on 16 December 1940. He attended the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill. (16 December 1940-13 March 1941), after which time he executed his acceptance and oath of office on 14 March 1941. He joined the battleship Maryland (BB-46) a little over a fortnight later, on 29 March 1941. In the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Maryland -- moored inboard of Oklahoma (BB-37) -- received two bomb hits. Ensign Crow, whose battle station was in the ship's 5th Division, died of his wounds received in action."

"The unnamed destroyer escort DE-252 was laid down on 6 February 1943 at Houston, Tex., by Brown Shipbuilding Co.; named USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252) on 23 February 1943; launched on 26 April 1943; sponsored by Miss Viola Elaine Warner, the late Ens. Crow's fiancée (who had been recommended for the honor of christening the ship, by his parents); and commissioned at Houston on 27 September 1943, Lt. Comdr. Donald T. Adams, USCG, in command." Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, and the Naval Historical Center, 805 Kidder Breese SE, Washington, DC 20374.

Memorial notes: Navy rank prefix allowed per auto SAC on 22 Feb 2019.

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Inscription TEXAS
ENS USNR
WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Single, flat, stone, government marker bearing the Latin cross.