USMA Class of April 1917. Cullum No. 5733.

Service No: 21051

Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 2nd Bn.

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"Capt. Henry H. Chapman, U.S. Infantry, was killed in action Sept. 29, as he led his company in a charge against the Huns. News of his death was received yesterday by members of his family at Pacific Grove. According to letters, Capt. Chapman had just recovered from severe shell concussion, received early in August, and had rejoined his company but a short time before his death.

Capt. Chapman was the son of the late William H. Chapman, 20th U.S. Infantry, and grandson of the late Gen. W.S. McCaskey. He was 24 years old and, besides his mother, leaves a wife and infant daughter."

"News was received in San Diego yesterday that Capt. Henry Henley Chapman, United States Infantry, was killed in action Sept. 29, falling at the head of his company alongside the British in Flanders. He is the eldest son of the late Capt. William H.H. Chapman, 20th United States Infantry, and grandson of the late Maj. Gen. William S. McCaskey and Mrs. McCaskey. One of his brothers is aide-de-camp to the commanding general in Siberia.

According to letters received by members of the family at Pacific Grove, Capt. Chapman had been in the hospital through August and the early part of September, recovering from severe shell concussion received in an engagement further south, while he was still in the 39th infantry, 4th Regular Division. He had just returned to the front line trenches, and in the last engagement was with the 30th division, composed of the old National Guard of Tennessee and the Carolinas, in command of Maj. Gen. E.M. Lewis.

Capt. Chapman was 24 years of age, and besides his mother and two brothers, he leaves a wife and infant daughter."

(San Diego, Cal. Union, November 9, 1919)