Deletion of Edward H. Ahrens

Comment: Subject seems to be at least semi-famous for his last words "I guess they didn't know i was a marine", which is even WikiQuote:Last words|listed at WikiQuote. I am wondering how much coverage this received in newspapers around the time of the subject's death or since, and whether a subject can be notable due to a well-circulated quote anyway (perhaps  shuts that down?). My cursory searches haven't turned up anything I feel is strong enough to go by. I lean to Cullen328's position if nothing else turns up
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: It didn't dawn on me to look at books (after not seeing much news coverage), but indeed his particular war story keeps popping up, like https://books.google.com/books?id=0h_TAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Edward+H.+Ahrens%22+marine&dq=%22Edward+H.+Ahrens%22+marine&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA3M2-w8LRAhUB7BQKHdWLDG0Q6AEILDAE here, https://books.google.com/books?id=PahbHutdCNkC&dq=%22Edward+H.+Ahrens%22+marine&q=ahrens#v=snippet&q=ahrens&f=false here and https://books.google.com/books?id=Qk1nAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Edward+H.+Ahrens%22+marine&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=ahrens here. And his somewhat famous quote appears https://books.google.com/books?id=p5fZCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&dq=%22I+guess+they+didn%27t+know+i+was+a+marine%22+ahrens&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX--HsxcLRAhUJNxQKHRWrC2sQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20guess%20they%20didn't%20know%20i%20was%20a%20marine%22%20ahrens&f=false here, https://books.google.com/books?id=SZujCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&dq=%22I+guess+they+didn%27t+know+i+was+a+marine%22+ahrens&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX--HsxcLRAhUJNxQKHRWrC2sQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=%22I%20guess%20they%20didn't%20know%20i%20was%20a%20marine%22%20ahrens&f=false here and https://books.google.com/books?id=HmeRMwEACAAJ&dq=%22I+guess+they+didn%27t+know+i+was+a+marine%22+ahrens&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX--HsxcLRAhUJNxQKHRWrC2sQ6AEIMjAE here. Seems ish but this individual's war actions and dying words each seem to have their own reverberation
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: I agree with Stevietheman. The story of the individual's involvement in Guadalcanal, death, and last words seems to have been the subject of |sustained coverage. It seems that the best article to cover that has this title. Moving it to ''The death of Edward H. Arhens'' or something like that doesn't seem correct. Merging/redirecting to ''USS Ahrens'' is a better second choice, especially given the coverage of the individual on the boat's http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DE/de575.html DANFS page, but would really be combining two articles about different things, which isn't really necessary or helpful
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SUSTAINED)

Comment: seems to pass  per the links / sources listed above by other editors
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)