  We show that a mixed characteristic valuation ring with a value group
$\Gamma$ and a residue field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$, is a filtered direct
limit of complete intersection $\bf Z$-algebras if $\Gamma/{\bf Z}\val(p)$ has
no torsion, $k$ is separably generated over $F_p$ and either $V$ is Henselian,
or $\dim V=1$ .
