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

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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.

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Hello 
 BattleOfTheBulgeCool, 
 Thank you for posting your question on History Hub! 
 You can search the Morning Reports, ca. 1912&ndash;1946 by typing his service number into the lower search bar. Results will contain about 1000 pages, but the ones in which he is mentioned will appear in the pop out box to the right of the image. Also, the thumbnails will have a green border around them. This series is only digitized from 1940 to about May 1944, with more being digitized every day. 
 With the information you can locate from the Morning Reports, you can check the Unit Histories, 1943 - 1967 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338) that includes the file unit titled. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov . 
 We also recommend that you request his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) . In general, OMPFs for military personnel who were separated from the service between 1912 and 1999 are serviced by NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. For the location of all service records organized by branch and year, please see Locations of Service Records . In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire , proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders. 
 You may use eVetRecs to submit your records request online. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. Alternatively, you may complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. If there is any information requested by the forms that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file. For more information see Request Military Service Records . 
 If fewer than 62 years have passed since the veteran&rsquo;s discharge date (to include any reserve time), certain information in the records is not available to the general public without the written consent of the veteran or the next of kin the deceased veteran. Please note that next of kin of a deceased veteran must provide proof of death of the veteran such as a copy of death certificate, letter from funeral home, or published obituary. For more information, see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Non-Archival Holdings . 
 Response times from NPRC vary depending on the complexity of your request, the availability of the records, and their workload. The NPRC staff works actively to respond to each request in a timely fashion, but keep in mind they receive approximately 4,000 - 5,000 requests per day. If your request is urgent, please see Emergency Requests and Deadlines . 
 Military personnel records are opened to the public 62 years after the veteran leaves the service. For more information, see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests . 
 Archival OMPFs may also be requested by visiting the Archival Research Room at the National Archives at St. Louis . Please email stlarr.archives@nara.gov for further assistance prior to making an appointment. 
 
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Seeking a ww2 veterans division and unit from his name, date of enlistment, serial number

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