Stanley R. Larsen

Stanley Robert Larsen was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as commander of I Field Force, Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Military career

Larsen attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1939. He served in the 35th Infantry Regiment, leading its 2nd Battalion in the Second Battle of Mount Austen during the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II.
Larsen later commanded the 8th Infantry Division from November 1962 to April 1964, Task Force Alpha from 4 August 1965 to July 1967, and the Sixth United States Army until April 1971.