The article wasn't created until after he had died as is made clear by the discussion and the edit history. People create articles all the time about their rec

The article wasn't created until after he had died as is made clear by the discussion and the edit history. People create articles all the time about their recently deceased grandfather who was an ordinary soldier in WW2. These usually get deleted unless the person was otherwise noteable. If I request that such a "grandfather" article is deleted it is not cause I hate your grandfather or want to hurt you. It is just that there were millions of other ordinary soldiers in WW2 so your granddad wasn't anybody special in history even if he was special to you.