Individual Details
Bion Barnett Bierer
(17 Mar 1870 - 3 Feb 1936)
Appointed to USN Academy in 1888 and graduated class of 1891.
Awarded Navy Cross for distinguished service in World War I.
Navy Cross Citation
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Bion Barnett Bierer, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. OLYMPIA engaged in important and exacting duty in the waters of Northern Russia, operating under the senior British Naval Officer in those waters."
Retired from active duty in 1926.
Awarded Navy Cross for distinguished service in World War I.
Navy Cross Citation
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Bion Barnett Bierer, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. OLYMPIA engaged in important and exacting duty in the waters of Northern Russia, operating under the senior British Naval Officer in those waters."
Retired from active duty in 1926.
Events
| Birth | 17 Mar 1870 | Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States | |||
| Marriage | 4 Feb 1903 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Bessie Mabel Roberts | |||
| Death | 3 Feb 1936 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | |||
| Burial | 6 Feb 1936 | Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Bessie Mabel Roberts (1876 - 1947) |
| Child | Dorothy Roberts Bierer (1904 - ) |
| Child | Bion Barnett Bierer (1905 - 1994) |
| Child | James Shadel Bierer (1907 - 1998) |
| Child | Howard Troutman Bierer (1912 - ) |
| Father | Everard Bierer (1827 - 1910) |
| Mother | Elenora Smouse (1832 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Everard Bierer (1853 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Anna Elizabeth Bierer (1855 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Bierer (1857 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Andrew Gregg Curtin Bierer Sr. (1862 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Margaretta B. Bierer (1865 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Daniel Bierer (1865 - 1925) |
| Sibling | John William Bierer (1868 - 1913) |