Seeking a ww2 veterans division and unit from his name, date of enlistment, serial number

Hello, I am seeking information about a WW2 veterans division and unit.  

Below I will list all the information I have on him.

Rollin Johnson 

Serial Number: 36050749

Enlistment year: 1941

Theatres: North Africa / Italy, Europe 

I'm interested in finding his unit because he is my great-grandfather, I have been looking for this information for nearly a month and still cant find it.  

If you have any suggestions for how to find this information please reply with it.

Thank you. 

Parents
  • Keep in mind that, since he was trained in Antiaircraft artillery, he very well may not have been assigned to a division. He could have been a theater army asset that was operating in a division or corps area, or even further to the rear, as there were lots of troops that weren't assigned to divisions.

    Are you sure he served in North Africa, Italy, and Europe? If he only had one campaign star, that would further lead me to think he was operating someplace in the rear, keeping supply lines fine from enemy air attack. The campaign starts had geographic areas as well as dates that applied to the areas they were awarded for; I recently helped someone research her father, and he spend nearly a year in England but earned no campaign stars.

    Just something to think about. I do a lot of research on medical units, most of which were assigned to the numbered armies. So I've seen many people go down the divisional rabbit hole when there was no division to be found.

Reply
  • Keep in mind that, since he was trained in Antiaircraft artillery, he very well may not have been assigned to a division. He could have been a theater army asset that was operating in a division or corps area, or even further to the rear, as there were lots of troops that weren't assigned to divisions.

    Are you sure he served in North Africa, Italy, and Europe? If he only had one campaign star, that would further lead me to think he was operating someplace in the rear, keeping supply lines fine from enemy air attack. The campaign starts had geographic areas as well as dates that applied to the areas they were awarded for; I recently helped someone research her father, and he spend nearly a year in England but earned no campaign stars.

    Just something to think about. I do a lot of research on medical units, most of which were assigned to the numbered armies. So I've seen many people go down the divisional rabbit hole when there was no division to be found.

Children
No Data