Deletion of Harry Towne

Comment: WP:SOLDIER is an essay, not policy, but the subject passes it anyway as he "''played an important role in a significant military event''".  There is coverage in sources such as ''Letters of the Century'' and ''Real Blood, Real Guts!'' and so they pass 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BASIC)

Comment: Played a minor role in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Passing references do not provide notability. While this is a brave man who deserves respect, he doesn't rise to the level of notability required in the espression of well-established  that is , and does not pass  or . 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Consensus (WP:CONSENSUS||WP:SOLDIER||WP:NPERSON||WP:GNG||WP:NOTMEMORIAL)

Comment: A single second-level decoration isn't sufficient for notability. As others have said,  may not be an official guideline, but it's widely enough accepted to count as a ''de facto'' one
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SOLDIER)