Henry Henley Chapman

Henry Henley Chapman
Lieutenant, Army
Born on: Aug. 8, 1894
Died on Sept. 29, 1918, France
Cause of Death: Killed In Action
Other Information:
Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.
Cadet at the Military Academy, June 15, 1913 to April 20, 1917, when he graduated and was promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 20th Infantry. First Lieut., 20th Infantry, May 15, 1917. captain, Temporary, 39th Infantry, Aug. 5, 1917)
Served: At Fort Douglas, Utah, with company, June 13 to Sept. 16, 1917; at Camp Sevier. N. C, Aide-de-Camp to General Faison, Sept. 20, 1917, to May 4, 1918; en route to France, May 5 to 22, 1918; in France with 39th Infantry, May 23 to Sept. 29, 1918.
*Great-great grandson of St. Henry Henley Chapman, Maryland Dragoons, of the Revolutionary War; great grandson of Lieut.-Colonel William Chapman, Class of 1831; grandson of Major-General William S. McCaskey, U.S.A.; son of Captain William H. H. Chapman, Class of 1891.
Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1919.
Source:
Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S

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Jill Byus Radke has written about Hawaii's historic places for over 25 years. Before becoming the President of Apuakea Communications, she was the Public Affairs Manager at Aulani, A Disney Resort, the Director of Communications at Bishop Museum, and the Director of Development at Historic Hawaii Foundation. She's also held leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente, Macmillan Publishing, and the USS Missouri Memorial Association. She graduated from Harvard University with a Masters in Business Management, from Indiana University with a Bachelors in Journalism, and she did her graduate studies in historic preservation at the University of Hawaii.

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