Anton Benjamin Chindgren
Mulino, Clackamas Co., Oregon
US Army World War One Veteran
Regiment:
.. Company F, 20th Engineers, 6th Battalion .. Dec 8/17 to Oct. 17/18
.. 18th Company, 20th Engineers .. Oct 18/18 to Discharge
Army Serial Number: 250,704
Enlisted: December 8, 1917 Oregon
Grades: Sergeant (1918); Staff Sergeant (1919)
Army Discharge: June 11, 1919

Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – May 28, 1919
.. Departed from New York City, N.Y. January 24, 1918 aboard the SS Tuscania
.. Torpedoed on the Troopship Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918 off the Coast of Ireland
.. Departed Bordeaux, France May 14, 1919 aboard the USS Santa Paula
.. Arrived in the Port of Brooklyn, New York, May 28, 1919 @ 8:20 AM
.. Oregon State University Engineering (1920)

Addresses: Swede Home, Polk Co., Nebraska (1900)
.. Meadowbrook Road, Molalla, Clackamas Co. Oregon (1910)
.. Colton Molalla Road, Molalla, Clackamas Co., Oregon (1920)
.. Mulino Route #1, Clackamas Co., Oregon (1942)

Wife: Ruth R. Siler
.. Born: January 3, 1906 Davis Co., Iowa
.. Died: May 7, 2000 Oregon City, Clackamas Co., Oregon
.. Colton Lutheran Cemetery, Colton, Oregon
.. Married: 1921 Clackamas Co., Oregon
.. Daughter of Alva R. Siler & Rue Della St. John

Father: Pehr Oscar Chindgren, Mulino, Clackamas Co., Oregon
.. Alias: Peter O. Chindgren
.. Born: November 1851 Sweden
.. Died: 1919 Clackamas Co., Oregon
.. Colton Lutheran Cemetery, Clackamas Co., Oregon
.. Immigration year: 1869

Mother: Emelia Augusta Johnson
.. Born: April 1856 Pennsylvania
.. Died: December 10, 1946 Clackamas Co., Oregon )
.. Colton Lutheran Cemetery, Clackamas Co., Oregon

Brothers: Milton David Chindgren (1887-1941)
.. Herman H. Chindgren (1890-1957)
.. Ruben Franklin Chindgren (1894-1959) Tuscania Survivor

Sisters: Mabel Eleanor Chindgren (1889-1915)
.. Ruth P. Chindgren /Dinsmore (1898-1994)