Deletion of William J. Ecker

Comment: Other than his rank (and  which is a WikiProject Military History thing, not a WP-wide guideline), Ecker's "notability" relates to appearing before a number of Congressional and Senate Committee hearings in relation to maritime safety, and he presented at least one paper on that subject at a major conference. He was Chief of the Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway Services for the USCG in the 1990's, not sure how important a role that is. This from the single page of Google Books hits. On that basis, his notability per  is marginal at best IMO. His gongs don't help him, as his highest is apparently Officer of the Legion of Merit, which is pretty much passe for a US one-star. I consider the one-star bit of SOLDIER to be blurry at the bottom ranks, so a one-star without clear notability per GNG is questionable. I would AGF and think he's got newspaper coverage no-one's bothered to look for yet. Cheers
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SOLDIER||WP:GNG)

Comment: Flag officers are considered notable under 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SOLDIER)