born Bismarck, NDak 16 Jun 18; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 30 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 12 Jun 44 France; buried in Lot 2, Block 214, Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, NDak.

born New Leipzig, NDak 1 Apr 22; resident Grant County, NDak; entered AUS Tacoma, Wash 23 Nov 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 9 Nov 45 Italy; buried in Grave 212-213, Section E, Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. 

born Fargo, NDak 14 Jun 29; resident Cass County, NDak; entered USAF Fargo, NDak 1 Apr 51; died in service 13 Nov 51 Moody AFB, Ga; buried in Veterans Memorial Plot, Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, NDak,  

born Minot, NDak 10 Nov 23; resident Ward County, NDak; entered AUS Ft MacArthur, Calif 5 Sep 44; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 2 Jul 45 Okinawa; remains not recovered; memorial at Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot, NDak.

born Bozeman, Mont 12 Jul 11; resident Williams County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 31 Aug 42; died in service 12 May 44 Camp Breckenridge, Ky; buried at Bozeman Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont.

born Spring Grove, Minn 22 Apr 15; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Mpls, Minn 10 Aug 42; died in service 19 Jun 43 Zuehl Field, Tex; buried in Lot 3, Block 40, Hatton Memorial Cemetery, Hatton, NDak. 

born Walsh County, NDak 9 Aug 25; resident Walsh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Nov 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 27 Jan 45 France; remains not recovered. 

born Walsh County, NDak 9 Aug 25; resident Walsh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Nov 
43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 27 Jan 45 France; remains not recovered. 

Born February 20, 1919, in Galesburg, North Dakota, Orlin Harold Gisvold was blessed to the union of Erick and Karoline Julia (nee Thorson) Gisvold.

Private Gisvold was with his brothers in Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Marines (K-3/2) when they landed on Guadalcanal as part of Operation: WATCHTOWER. The mission of the 1st Marine Division was to secure the island in order to control the Japanese airstrip; thereby preventing the Japanese Imperial forces from getting closer to the United States, and enabling US forces to get closer to mainland Japan.