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LTG Stanley R. Mickelsen

The only operational Safeguard complex was named for Lieutenant General Stanley Raymond Mickelsen, former commanding general (1952-1957) of the U.S. Army Air Defense Command. He is recognized as a visionary leader who brought the army's air defense artillery from the era of guns into the age of missiles.

Biographical Data

• Note:
  • Last name in italics indicates Maiden Name.
• Birth
  • 8 Oct 1895
  • Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
• Death
  • 28 Mar 1966 (aged 70)
  • Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
• Burial
  • Arlington National Cemetery
    • Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
      Section 1, Site 827-F
      Photo below
• Parents
  • Ole Rasmus Mickelsen, 1871-1950
  • Anna Haakonsdatter Lysne Mickelsen, 1875-1956
• Siblings
  • Viola Carolina Mickelsen Olsen, 1897-1987
  • Clarence Herbert Mickelsen, 1898-1973
  • Helen Marie Mickelsen Irvine, 1911-1990
• Spouse
  • Ruth Catherine Klemer Mickelsen, 1894-1973
    • Photo below
• Children
  • Ruth Barbara Mickelsen Rountree, 1920-2000
  • Patricia Anne Mickelsen Kays, 1924-2011
  • Helen Mickelsen Henion, 1925-2016
    • Photo below

Photos

More Information

• Safeguard Dedication Ceremony
  • "Included among the distinguished guests were Mickelsen's three daughters Helen, Patricia and Ruth, as well as M.M. Irvine, Mickelsen's sister." (includes photo)
• Wikipedia (New window)
• America's Pyramid Conspiracy (Video (6:30); New window)
  • This short video contains information on LTG Mickelsen beginning at 1:28.

Sources

• ancestors.familysearch.org
  (New window; info on brother Clarence Herbert Mickelsen)
• Arlington National Cemetery (New window; photo A280)
• findagrave.com (New window; data and photos Fnnn)
• generals.dk (New window; photo G160)
• geni.com (New window; data)
• Wikipedia (New window; data and photo W101)