Minnesota Spirit Quest
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At the posted coordinates, you should look for the gravesites of Willard Bartels, an Army/Air Force Private First Class for Minnesota’s 7th Bombardment Squadron. Willard came home from the war, but unfortunately passed when he was 41.
The squadron was activated in January 1941 at Langley Field, Virginia. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron performed antisubmarine patrols. The squadron moved to the western United States and was a training unit until the end of 1943. It then trained for combat and moved to the European Theater of Operations in April 1944. It participated in combat from May 1944 until VE Day. It returned to the United States in the summer of 1945 and was inactivated.
On this gravestone, Willard was born in 19_ _. Consider this AB
Then:
N44 41.(260 + AB)
W93 59.(820 + AB)