PVT Roswell Verl Johnson was born 22 Oct 1916 in Grant County, Arkansas. He was the youngest of 6 children of John Hurlston and Alice Lora (Davis) Johnson. His mother died in August 1918 of pulmonary tuberculosis and it seems that Roswell and his remaining siblings were raised by their father alone on the farm he owned along Highway 35 in what was then Darysaw Township, Arkansas. By 1940, Roswell had apparently taken over the farm work from his father who died sometime after October in 1940. However, to support them Roswell had taken a job with the Works Progress Administration in Sheridan, Arkansas.
It is unclear when Roswell was drafted but he was sent to the European theater and transferred from the replacement depot to D Company 116th Infantry on 7 Jul 1944 to serve as a machinegunner. He then fought with that unit until killed in action on 20 Jul 1944.
PVT Johnson was repatriated and re-interred in the Pine Ridge Cemetery in Ain, Arkansas.
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