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Birth: 19 May 1927 Towner, McHenry, ND |
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Death: 26 Dec 1945 aboard USS
Megrez, near Japan |
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Burial: Fort Snelling National Cemetery,
Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN |
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| Sources |
| 1930 Federal census |
Poplar Twp, Mc Henry, ND - age 2 |
| Bernard Biberdorf |
Tombstone photo: Myron Clae Biberdorf |
| Family records |
Records belonging to Bernard Biberdorf |
| Family records |
Records belonging to Mary (Biberdorf) Bires |
| Family research |
Research belonging to Valerie (Biberdorf) Boman |
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(click
here to view census information)
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| Miscellaneous Information |
| 1) I have a copy of Buzzer's birth
certificate. Over time, his name was spelled Myron Clay,
Myron Clae, Marion Clay and Marion Clae. It was generally accepted
by the family that it was spelled Myron Clae Biberdorf.
2) I have school records for Buzzer (grades 1-8).
3) Buzzer served in the Navy during World War II. He
entered the service at Bottineau, ND on 07 Feb 1945. After training
in Minnesota, Illinois and California,
he was stationed aboard the USS Megrez AK-126 in the Asiatic Pacific theater. He died
in service aboard that ship, on 26 Dec 1945, near Japan. He was first buried in
Yokohama Japan at the USAF Cemetery (click
here to view newspaper article), then re-interred at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. He was a
seaman 1st class. Buzzer's service
records; military
casualty list; casualty
report.
4) I have the last letter
and Christmas postcard that Buzzer sent home to
his brother Bud.
5) I have copies of the Thanksgiving 1945
and Christmas 1945 menus aboard the U.S.S. Megrez. Glen Trullinger
provided these copies. |
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Photos and/or signatures
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The Biberdorf siblings (plus one)
(back row) Lois, Oren, Bud
(center row) Dollee, (a cousin), Buzzer, Mary
(front row) Doris and Donald
c. 1934
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(front row) Dollee
Biberforf, Rev. Zaff,
Mary Biberdorf
(back row) Buzzer
Biberdorf, ?, ?
c. 1942
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Myron Clae "Buzzer" Biberdorf
date unknown |
Myron Clae "Buzzer" Biberdorf
1945 - San Francisco
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Myron Clae "Buzzer" Biberdorf
1945
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Memorial Day in Bottineau, North Dakota.
This is a tribute to all the men and women
(with ties to Bottineau)
that gave their life for our country.
(Each person has their name on a flag pole.)
Bottineau, North Dakota
photo taken by Valerie (Biberdorf)
Boman
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Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN
photo taken by Bernard Biberdorf
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