Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald Walters

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The result was delete. Geschichte (talk) 07:50, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Donald Walters[edit]

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Fails WP:SOLDIER. Received one Silver Star. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 03:15, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:GNG. Involvement in actions leading to capture of Jessica Lynch is pure WP:1E. Mztourist (talk) 03:18, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not meet our inclusion criteria for soldiers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:24, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - he was a good soldier but not notable enough for inclusion here. Bearian (talk) 22:45, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete doesn't meet the criteria cited above. Might consider a merge into something about Jessica Lynch, but not notable on his own. Intothat darkness 21:11, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete clearly doesn't meet SOLDIER (not by rank or command, and the Silver Star is the third highest valour decoration), and a BEFORE search doesn't indicate significant coverage in multiple reliable sources of Walters' life outside this incident. The best source appears to be the Texan Plainview Herald web article from AP here, but other than a brief mention of his service in the First Gulf War and his family, there is little about the rest of his life outside this incident. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:58, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails notability standards. Jenyire2 (talk) 07:28, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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