Carlstrom Field was named after 1st Lieutenant Victor Carlstrom. He was born in Sweden on April 13, 1890. He migrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1904 when he was 14. He moved to North Park, Colorado where his uncles Andrew Carlstrom and William Norell Carlstrom had established cattle ranches. Carlstrom was killed in an aircraft accident in Newport News, Virginia, who had made many "first" flights and set many altitude and distance records. On 9 May 1917, Carlstrom and a student pilot were killed when the wing of the aircraft he was piloting failed in flight.