Badge Number: 3934
Unit of assignment: 12th District
Wallace Chapman, known as "Chappie," was a Police Officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in the line of duty at age 41. Officer Chapman was arresting a man, which two women had said was assaulting them. While at a call box at 8th Street and Poplar Street, the suspect knocked Officer Chapman down, took his service revolver and shot him repeatedly. The suspect, David Allen Jr. then 21, was arrested later, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Officer Chapman was a WWII veteran and had served with the agency for 3 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Name: Wallace B Chapman
Birth Year: 1906
Race: Negro, Citizen (Black)
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 16 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Philadelphia
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled transportation occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Separated, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 162
Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
Additional sources:
1. Penna. Veterans Burial Card
Unit of assignment: 12th District
Wallace Chapman, known as "Chappie," was a Police Officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in the line of duty at age 41. Officer Chapman was arresting a man, which two women had said was assaulting them. While at a call box at 8th Street and Poplar Street, the suspect knocked Officer Chapman down, took his service revolver and shot him repeatedly. The suspect, David Allen Jr. then 21, was arrested later, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Officer Chapman was a WWII veteran and had served with the agency for 3 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Name: Wallace B Chapman
Birth Year: 1906
Race: Negro, Citizen (Black)
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 16 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Philadelphia
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled transportation occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Separated, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 162
Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
Additional sources:
1. Penna. Veterans Burial Card
Badge Number: 3934
Unit of assignment: 12th District
Wallace Chapman, known as "Chappie," was a Police Officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in the line of duty at age 41. Officer Chapman was arresting a man, which two women had said was assaulting them. While at a call box at 8th Street and Poplar Street, the suspect knocked Officer Chapman down, took his service revolver and shot him repeatedly. The suspect, David Allen Jr. then 21, was arrested later, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Officer Chapman was a WWII veteran and had served with the agency for 3 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Name: Wallace B Chapman
Birth Year: 1906
Race: Negro, Citizen (Black)
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 16 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Philadelphia
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled transportation occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Separated, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 162
Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
Additional sources:
1. Penna. Veterans Burial Card
Unit of assignment: 12th District
Wallace Chapman, known as "Chappie," was a Police Officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in the line of duty at age 41. Officer Chapman was arresting a man, which two women had said was assaulting them. While at a call box at 8th Street and Poplar Street, the suspect knocked Officer Chapman down, took his service revolver and shot him repeatedly. The suspect, David Allen Jr. then 21, was arrested later, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Officer Chapman was a WWII veteran and had served with the agency for 3 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Name: Wallace B Chapman
Birth Year: 1906
Race: Negro, Citizen (Black)
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 16 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Philadelphia
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled transportation occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Separated, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 162
Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
Additional sources:
1. Penna. Veterans Burial Card
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