Deletion of William J. Spahr

Comment: per my search, fails WP:GNG. The books are rather ; if they were significant, you'd expect to see in-depth reviews of them
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill (WP:MILL)

Comment: As soldier I do not see his medals providing notability, but when I search for {Zhukov: The Rise and Fall of a Great Captain (1993)} in google books I find LOTS of books that list it as a source.  Which gets him  "'The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR)

Comment: There may have been a failure of  here as there was, in fact, a reference to a reliable source present in the article at the time of nomination. I have reformatted the article to link it inline and added a bit more that I could find. The majority of references to Spahr in sources are small ones but I believe there is sufficient overall to establish notability, as well as passing  #1 - Spahr's work on Zhukov is "widely cited by peers or successors
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE||WP:AUTHOR)

Comment: fails  and I don't see that his work is "widely cited by peers or successors" sufficient to satisfy 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SOLDIER||WP:AUTHOR)

Comment: Fails , article does not show his notability
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)