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Wallace Blakleigh Chapman
Wallace Blakleigh "Chappie" Chapman
Wallace Blakleigh Chapman served in the U.S. Army.
Officer Chapman was shot to death while arresting a man who two women said had been insulting him. While at a call box at 8th and Poplar streets, the suspect knocked Officer Chapman down, took his service revolver, and shot him repeatedly. The 21-year-old suspect was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison. Officer Chapman was a U.S Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for three years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Chapman gave the Philadelphia Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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