Deletion of Langdon K. Fieberling

Comment: WP:SOLDIER is an essay only and it is only listing categories of subjects that *MAY* be *PRESUMED* to be notable on the assumption of the level of coverage they *MIGHT* have. It is not a guideline so any deletion rationale made solely on the basis of this alone seems a weak one to me. That aside, in this case it would seem to me that the subject has sufficient coverage to be considered notable under , despite not having received the Medal of Honor. (He did of cse have a destroyer escort named after him by the US Navy instead which would seem quite a high honour to me, even if it isn't specifically included in WP:SOLDIER). There are a couple of dead tree sources listed as references in the article, including a short biography in DANFS and another book, whilst a quick search of Google Books reveals mentions in numerous books which describe the action for which he was awarded the Navy Cross. Whilst short, the article includes a range of bibliographic details which would probably be  if merged into the article on the ship, and there seems sufficient detail and coverage to justify a stand alone article (albeit a brief one). What benefit to the encyclopaedia is there in deleting this? None that I can see. Finally comments like "''So does that mean I can have a page too?''" add nothing to this discussion, unless of course you were also posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for your actions at the Battle of Midway, had a ship named after you, and were written about in a bunch of books... That seems unlikely though
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:UNDUE)

Comment: to USS Fieberling (DE-640). Junior officer with a single second-level decoration. Fails . Many very junior people have USN ships named after them
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SOLDIER)