 Henry Jim Pierson Crowe akaberekwa musi waMarch 7, 1899, muBoston, Kentucky, ari wechina pavana vashanu vaSamuel Lee Crowe 18651921 naAlvada T. Crowe 18681942. Pashure pokuenda kuchikoro chesekondari paMount Pulaski, Illinois, kwemakore matatu, akapinda muMarine Corps musi waOctober 28, 1918. Mushure mekudzidzira musasa paMarine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, akashanda mukuchengetedza chiteshi muBrest, France, pasi paGeneral Smedley D. Butler mushure meHondo Yenyika I Armistice, akadzoka semunhu wekutanga kirasi, uye akaburitswa muna Zvita 1919. Akapindazve muchiuto muna 1921. Akashanda muDominican Republic19211923, muNicaragua 1928, uye pane dzimwe nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana nedzimwe nzvimbo. Akanga ariwo mutori wenhau wenguva dzose mumakwikwi omunharaunda uye omunyika okurova, achikunda menduru yaidiwa zvikuru yeDistinguished Marksman muna 1927. 