Henry Alvin Cameron was an African-American schoolteacher who served as a United States Army officer in World War I. Prior to joining the military at age 45, he worked as a science teacher and coach at Pearl High School in Nashville, Tn and was an advocate for education, During the war he served in France and was killed in the Battle of the Argonne Forest. Cameron was born in Nashville on February 4, 1872. He graduated in 1892 from Meigs High School in East Nashville. The first black public high school in the city of Nashville. In 1898, Cameron received his bachelor of laws degree from Central Tenn College. Cameron also served in a multitude of other roles in the community; President of the Middle Tenn teacher's Association, Secretary of the Tennessee Aid Association, Member of the Nashville Teacher's Literary and Benefits Association, Republican, a 32nd degree Mason, Fraternal member of the Knights of Pythias and the Grand Lodge of Tennessee and president of the Capital City Basebill League, a local baseball franchise consisting of eight teams based in Nashville.

In June 1917 he enlisted in the war effort and was commissioned as a 1st LT on October 15,1917 in the U.S. Army at Fort Des Monies, Iowa. On October 30, 1918 during the battle of the Argonne Forest in France- one of the bloodiest battles of the war - Cameron was killed in action while on a scout patrol. He was the first of only 3 black men appointed officers in WW I from Tennessee and the first black officer to die from Tennessee. Cameron body was not brought back to Nashville. His remains are still located I France at the St. Mihiel American Cemetary I Thiaucourt, France. Nevertheless, a year later in 1919, with the introduction of American Legion posts all over the U.S., the Henry A. Cameron Post 6 in Nashville, Tennessee was established in his honor. It was one of the first American Legion posts named after an African American and is still in operation today.