The two married in 1948 and had four children - Michael Malarkey, Marianne McNally, Sharon Hill and Martha Serean. While a student at the school, he met and fell in love with Irene Moore. He returned to the University of Oregon after the war, receiving a bachelor's degree in business in 1948. More: Mission accomplished: Oregon has WWII memorial

He was a freshman at the University of Oregon when he was drafted into the Army in 1942 and volunteered to become a paratrooper. Malarkey was born on Jin Astoria, Oregon. Still, the release of the 'Band of Brothers' miniseries was cathartic for him and helped him come to terms with the emotional scars of the battle, Hill said. Malarkey was haunted by memories of combat and the devastation of losing fellow soldiers and friends, his family members said. He was often praised for his actions during the war, and was presented with the Legion of Honor Medal - the highest honor awarded by the French government - in 2009. Malarkey fought fight across France, the Netherlands and Belgium and with Easy Company fought off Nazi advances while surrounded at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. 30 in Salem, Oregon of age-related causes, his son-in-law John Hill said Sunday. Malarkey was one of several members of 'Easy Company' to be widely portrayed in the HBO miniseries, 'Band of Brothers.' He died Sept. 30, 2017ĭonald Malarkey, a World War II paratrooper who was awarded the Bronze Star after parachuting behind enemy lines at Normandy to destroy German artillery on D-Day, has died.

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