Master Sergeant James Leroy Bondsteel (Vietnam) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftrichardson.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Company A, 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, for actions in Loc Province, Republic of Vietnam, May 24, 1969. Bondsteel died on the Knik River bridge of the Glenn Highway in 1987 when a trailer full of logs came unhooked from the transport which was pulling it and slammed into the front of his AMC Spirit.

A tree was placed at Freedoms Foundation Park at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in his honor.

Bondsteel is buried in Alaska at Fort Richardson National Cemetery.

There is a monument to him at the Alaska Veterans Memorial at Byers Lake on the Parks Highway in the Denali State Park.[3]

The bridge where he died is named in his honor.

Camp Bondsteel, the main U.S. Army base in Kosovo, is named in his honor. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/james-l-bondsteel.
*The preceding content is not intended as a comprehensive biography, but it highlights their significance as a result of military or civilian distinction, lasting achievements, or association with impactful national events. 


Fort Richardson National Cemetery

Budda the years are passing so quickly now. Does not seem like it was that long ago the goose was chasing the girls around the yard. Alaska has changed, the world has changed. Not many of us left now. Thanks Bud

JAMES LEROY BONDSTEEL

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