Talk:Claude Taugher

Merging
I have no problems merging the articles. I did ran his name through the Social Security death list and came up with no datw of death. I assumed he is still alve even though he was born in 1897. Thank you-RFD (talk) 14:06, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Another search he died on February 8, 1963 and was buried in Wood National Cemetery the cemetery's database has the info-Thanks-RFD (talk) 14:35, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I would have merged them right away, but I wanted to find better indications that they were the same person. Right now we have that they were born in the same county, were about the same age, and both were Marines around the same time. I'm looking for some obituary to include both the football and medal citations. Cheers--BaronLarf 21:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I believe that merging the two articles is appropriate, since I believe that these articles are about the same person.

(I refer to the two articles as "football player" and "DSC (Distinguished Service Cross) winner", to make things clear.) The football player has history before and after WWI, while the DSC Winner only has records during the war, but not after. All of the things I reference below are supported by references within the existing articles.
 * Age. Although the the football player was of the right age to enter World War I when the U.S.A. entered the war in 1917. (He would have been 22-23)
 * Gaps. I can find evidence that the football player was active with Carroll College as late as 1916, but then nothing until he played with Marquette in about 1921, and joined the Green Bay Packers in 1922. This would make sense were he to have gone to serve in the war.
 * Location. The football player is listed as having been born in Marathon, Wisconsin (in which Marathon City is located). The DSC winner is listed as being from Wausau, Wisconsin: thirteen miles away. The DSC winner is listed as having a father, "P.J. Taugher", who other records show as being from Marathon City. So both have Marathon City in common.
 * Military service. The football player is buried in Wood National Cemetery, generally reserved for military personnel. The football player is listed as having a rank of 1st Lieutenant from the United States Marine Corps. The DSC winner received the DSC and Navy Cross at the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, but was honorably discharged at the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
 * Name. What are the odds that someone of the same age, from the same county (with a small population at the time), both served as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps at the same time? and have the same middle initial? If there were two, one would imagine that some of these military sources would have shown two of the same name to be discharged at some point; but those records cannot be found.--BaronLarf 09:32, 28 January 2010 (UTC)