Deletion of Howard Johnson II

Comment: per the above - nothing to establish notability beyond having died, and the keep comments are all a little too close to  territory ("seems notable to me" etc
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:ILIKEIT)

Comment: truly tragic, but the deaths of soldiers are not inherently notable.  Private Johnson was not a significant contributor to his field, not has he received multiple independent media articles covering him, as required by 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Normally I would say to delete this sort of article per #MEMORIAL.  However, in reading the article, it looks like there are some as yet unreferenced (and therefore as yet unverified) accounts of the soldier being referenced by notable politicians and receiving various medals.  If the facts of the article can be properly referenced and verified, then I'd be willing to keep it.  Otherwise delete as an unreferenced memorial
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: the article requires clean up and has many NPOV issues, however, per  he is the recipient of several awards including the Purple Heart. According to Wikipedia this makes him notable, so I don't see how you can say he's not when its pretty black and white what Wikipedia's policy is on awards of notability
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: It's very sad, however Wikipedia is not a memorial. He was part of the 507 Maintenance Unit and much of the attention to the unit is based on the story surrounding Jessica Lynch. As tragic as it is, there are several thousand deaths in the war. He does not meet the criterea of 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Tragic to lose a life in war, but not inherently notable. Passing reference or trivial mention in a book or in a list read on the floor of the congress does not satisfy . Wikipedia is not a memorial. Other articles for nonnotable individuals do not require us to keep this one under the "pokemon test
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: The article fails #INFO, although its an article about a soldier who is no longer here it does fail the above
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)