Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darrell Powers

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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 10:28, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Darrell Powers

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Darrell "Shifty" Powers was a non-commissioned officer in E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Neither his rank (staff sergeant) nor his awards (highest Bronze Star Medal) qualify him for coverage under WP:SOLDIER. He was an expert rifleman. He was selected by lot to return to the U.S. early although the ploy in the mini-series in which his name was selected from a helmet because there were no others in the helmet is not documented in the Ambrose book. After the War, Powers worked as a machinist without notability. The book Shifty's War, although written in Powers' voice, was produced by journalist Marcus Brotherton after Powers died. Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 17:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - Powers gained some fame after the books came out and appears in a number of articles on newspapers.com. I find a number of articles featuring him as an honored vet, but they aren't really about him, but rather use him as an everyman hero figure. If there were an article on the book, Shifty's War, it would make sense to redirect this to that book. I do note that he was a 2008 inductee to the Southwest Virginia Walk of Fame[1]. This isn't mean't to be a !vote, just a statement that I do not find evidence on newspapers.com of extensive coverage of Powers. Smmurphy^(Talk) 20:13, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- HindWiki^Connect 00:41, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is an unusually well-documented life for a World War II soldier. If there was an article on Shifty's War it would include all of this sort of information. It might as well be in an article on the real person. - WPGA2345 - ☛ 20:35, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:11, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:44, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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