Crawford, Eugene Roanhorse Sr, PFC

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Private 1st Class
Last Primary MOS
642-Navajo Code Talker
Last MOSGroup
WWII SSN/MOS
Primary Unit
1942-1945, 642, 3rd Marine Division
Service Years
1942 - 1945
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Iwo Jima Certificate
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Private 1st Class

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Home State
New Mexico
New Mexico
Year of Birth
1913
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Naschitti
Last Address
Naschitti, NM
Date of Passing
Nov 10, 1993
 
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Naschitti Cemetery-Naschitti, NM

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin Navajo Code Talkers Congressional Medal US Marine Corps Honorable Discharge (Original)


 Unofficial Badges 


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Navajo Code Talkers Association
  2012, Navajo Code Talkers Association


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

ASSIGNED TO THE RAIDERS BN, 3rd MARDIV

RECIEVED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL IN JULY 2001

   
Other Comments:

BURIED AT THE NASCHITTI CEMETERY IN NASCHITTI, NM

   

  1942-1945, 642, 3rd Marine Division



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MOS
642-Navajo Code Talker
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Not Specified
State/Country
United States
 
 
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 3rd Marine Division Details

3rd Marine Division
The primary mission of the 3d Marine Division is to execute amphibious assault operations and other such operations as may be directed. The Division is supported by Marine aviation, and force service support units and is prepared to be employed, as an integral part of a Marine Expeditionary Force in amphibious operations.
 
The Division is divided into the Third Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay, HI, the Twelfth Marine Regiment located at Camp Hansen, and the Fourth Marine Regiment at Camp Schwab. In addition, we are further broken down into a Headquarters Battalion on Camp Courtney, and a Force Recon Battalion located at Camp Schwab. The Division includes elements forward deployed under the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), reporting aboard for six month rotational training cycles.
 
The 3d Marine Division officially activated 16 September 1942 at Camp Elliott, San Diego, California. It was built around the 9th Marines, commanded by Colonel Lemuel C. SHEPHERD, Jr. who later became the 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Major General Charles D. BARRETT was the first Commanding General of the Division. By August 1943 the Division was stationed on Guadalcanal where special training and rehearsals for the Bougainville operation were intensified. On 1 November 1943 the Division landed at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. For approximately two months, the Division participated in the fight against stiff and heavy enemy resistance. On 16 January 1944, with the transfer of command in the area to the Army's XIV Corps, the last elements of the Division returned to Guadalcanal.
 
Following the Bougainville operation the Division began training for the next campaign. Verbal instructions received in February 1944 led to planning for an operation against the Japanese on Emirau Island. The projected Emirau operation was subsequently cancelled and instructions were received to initiate planning for an operation against enemy forces at Kavieng, New Ireland. This operation was also called off. A few days later, the Division received word to start training for the amphibious assault against the Japanese on Guam, Marianas.
 
The Division embarked at Guadalcanal on 2 and 3 June 1944 and sailed for Kwajalein, Marshall Islands enroute to the Marianas. It remained afloat off Saipan from 15 to 28 June 1944 as part of the reserve force for the Saipan operation, then being carried out by the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions in conjunction with the 27th Infantry Division. With the situation on Saipan well controlled the Division returned to its restaging area awaiting the target date for the Guam operation.
 
On 21 July 1944, as a part of the Southern Troops and Landing Force, the Division landed on western beaches of Guam in the vicinity of Asan Point. After twenty days of savage fighting, the Division troops reached the northern coast of the island. On 10 August 1944 Guam was declared secure. Until its departure for the Iwo Jima campaign in the middle of February 1945, the Division remained on Guam taking part in the mopping up operations.
 
Initially, the Division remained afloat off Iwo Jima as Expeditionary Troops Reserve. The Division landed on 24 February, and the next morning the 3d Marine Division launched an attack in its zone between the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions. The 3d Marine Division faced well-organized and determined enemy resistance. The terrain, ideal for defense, was heavily fortified by pillboxes, caves, and covered artillery emplacements. Progress was slow and casualties heavy during the first few days of fighting. The Division slowly pushed the enemy back and by 3 March had severed the last enemy east-west artery of communication by occupying positions overlooking the sea. The 3d Marine Division secured its zone of action on 11 March and then initiated intensive patrolling and mopping-up operations. On 16 March, units of the 3d Marine Division relieved elements of the 5th Division and delivered the final attack of the Iwo Jima operation - a drive to Kitano Point. Iwo Jima was declared secure on the same day. On 4 April the 3d Marine Division was relieved by Army units.
 
By mid-April 1945, the Division was back on Guam preparing for the next operation. On 3 August 1945 the Division received initial plans for the "Olympic" operation which called for an amphibious landing of Kyushu about 1 November 1945. The 3d Marine Division, along with the 2nd and 5th Marine Divisions, was assigned to the V Amphibious Corps for the projected operation. Japan's agreement to cease hostilities and subsequent surrender cancelled "Olympic", and the Division remained on Guam until the date of its disbandment on 28 December 1945.
 
The Division was reactivated on 7 January 1952 at Camp Pendleton, California. Immediately after its activation and still in its organizational state, the Division began intensive combat training, including new tactics and maneuvers based on lessons learned in Korean War. During the remaining part of 1952 elements of the Division participated in numerous exercises and training problems, including vertical envelopment (helicopter landing), air-borne operations and attack, and defense against atomic weapons and missiles.
 
In August 1953 the Division arrived in Japan to support the 1st Marine Division in the defense of the Far Eastern area. In March 1956 the Division moved to Okinawa and remained there in a readiness posture until 1965.
 
On 6 May 1965, the 3d Marine Division opened the Marine Compound at the Danang Air Base, Vietnam. The Division operated in Vietnam from this time participating in operations from Danang to Phi Bai to Quang Tri/Dong Ha Combat Base. The Division departed Vietnam in November 1969 and moved to Camp Courtney, Okinawa, where it is presently located.

From 2004 to 2011, elements of the 3d Marine Division participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  From March to May 2011 the Division participated in humanitarian relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi.  From 2004 to present the Division remains successful fulfilling its mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and theater security cooperation exercises in the Pacific region.  The Division continues to operate in an increasingly challenging and dynamic landscape and will be prepared to fight and win, tonight.
Type
Support
 
Parent Unit
Divisions
Strength
USMC Division
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Not Specified
   

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182 Members Also There at Same Time
3rd Marine Division

Jones, Tom H, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 642 Corporal
Palmer, Joe, Cpl, (1942-1946) OF 642 Corporal
Towne, Joseph H., Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 642 Corporal
Ayze, Lewis Franklin, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Becenti, Ned D, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Brown, Cosey Stanley, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Clah, Stewart, PFC, (1940-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Cleveland, Benjamin H, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Curley, David, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Foghorn, Roy R, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Goodluck, John V, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Goodman, Billie, Sr, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Henry, Albert, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Housewood, Johnson, PFC, (1943-1944) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Johnson, Peter, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Morgan, Jack C, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Paddock, Layton, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Toledo, Bill Henry, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Toledo, Frank, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Cain, Joseph, Col, (1942-1980) OF 1542 Second Lieutenant
McCreary, Kenneth Grant, 2ndLt, (1943-1945) OF 1542 Second Lieutenant
Feneli, Eugene Joseph, Sgt, (1942-1945) OF 610 Sergeant
Marshall, Larry, Sgt, (1937-1944) OF 745 Sergeant
Amey, Milton Morton, Cpl, (1943-1946) OF 911 Corporal
Edwards, George Albert, 1stSgt, (1942-1952) OF Corporal
Milligan, Wilburn Gene, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 521 Corporal
Silverman, Albert, Pvt, (1941-1945) OF Corporal
Baudoin, Henry Edward, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Beaudoin, Maurice Adelard, Cpl, (1944-1946) OF 746 Private 1st Class
Block, John Henry, PFC, (1943-1944) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Johnstone, Robert Brooks, Pvt, (1942-1944) OF 607 Private 1st Class
Kitzmiller, Orville Depew, PFC, (1943-1944) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Andrew, Vernon Gaines, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 521 Private
Branham, Paul Nathan, Pvt, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private
Gray, Harry Eugene, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 521 Private
Holcomb, Lloyd L, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 745 Private
Hubley, Walter Earl, PFC, (1943-1944) OF 504 Private
Tjernlund, Lester Eugene, PFC, (1942-1943) OF Private
Barrett, Charles D., MGen, (1909-1943) 99 9903 Major General
Turnage, Allen H, Gen, (1913-1948) 8003 Major General
Cauldwell, Oscar Ray, MGen, (1916-1946) 99 9903 Brigadier General
McHenry, George Wilbure, BGen, (1916-1945) 3 Colonel
Bethel, Ion M., MGen, (1925-1958) 30 3010 Lieutenant Colonel
Boehm, Sr., Harold, Col, (1939-1965) 3 0302 Lieutenant Colonel
Van Orden, Dr. George Owen, BGen, (1925-1949) 3 0302 Lieutenant Colonel
Greene, Wallace Martin, Gen, (1931-1967) 99 9903 Major
Hawkins, William L, Col, (1935-1961) 4 0430 Major
Beck, Donald, Col, (1941-1968) 3 0302 Captain
ENGLISH, Lowell, MGen, (1938-1969) 3 0302 Captain
English, Lowell Edward, MGen, (1938-1969) 3 0302 Captain
Fagan, Francis, Capt, (1941-1945) 3 0302 Captain
Shoemaker, William Grover, Capt, (1942-1944) 3 0302 Captain
Greenstone, John, LtCol, (1939-1975) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Henning, Charles Wesley, Capt, (1943-1954) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
O'Quinn, Walter Raymond, Col, (1941-1965) 35 3502 First Lieutenant
Vivian, Arthur C., 1stLt, (1942-1944) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Benenati Jr, Joseph, 1stLt, (1942-1944) 8 0802 Second Lieutenant
Greenstone, John, LtCol, (1939-1975) 3 0302 Second Lieutenant
Grossi, Dominick J., 2ndLt, (1944-1945) 3 0302 Second Lieutenant

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