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Crenshaw lived in various parts of the world, including [[Ecuador]] and [[Colombia]], because his father, Jim Crenshaw, was employed in the Texas [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industry. He graduated in 2006 from Tufts University in Medford, [[Massachusetts]], at which he obtained his Navy officer commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He reported for SEAL training in Coronado, [[California]], where a few months later he met his future wife, the former Tara Blake. After successful SEAL training, Crenshaw deployed to [[Fallujah]], [[Iraq]], for the first of five overseas deployments. On his third deployment in 2012, six months into combat, he was struck by a blast during a mission in Helmand Province, [[Afghanistan]]. He was evacuated and awoke from a medically-induced coma to learn that his right eye over which he since had to wear a black eyepatch had been destroyed, and his remaining left eye was badly damaged. Doctors said that they did not believe he would ever see again. Tara, who comes from a career Navy family, prayed repeatedly that [[God]] would restore your her young husband's sight. After several difficult surgeries, he regained sight in his left eye, which was considered a medical miracle. He was then deployed twice more to the [[Middle East]] in 2014 and [[South Korea]] in 2016,. when he was medically retired from the SEALS.<ref name=aboutdan>{{cite web|url=https://crenshawforcongress.com/about/|title=About Dan|publisher=Crenshawforcongress.com|accessdate=May 26, 2018}}</ref>

Crenshaw won two [[Bronze Star]]s (one with Valor), the [[Purple Heart]], and the Navy Commendation Medal with Valor. In September 2017, he completed his Master in Public Administration degree from [[Harvard University]]'s Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Soon he was back in Houston and volunteered in the Katy area to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. He saw Texan grit and resilience emerge from the terrible losses that his neighbors sustained.<ref name=aboutdan/>