Donald Malarkey
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Donald Malarkey in 2008
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| Nickname(s) | Don, Malark |
| Born |
July 31, 1921 Astoria, Oregon |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank |
 Technical Sergeant
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| Unit |
 Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
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| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
 Bronze Star 1 OLC Purple Heart Presidential Unit Citation 1 OLC Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur Croix de guerre Combat Infantryman Badge Parachutist Badge |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Moor (1948–2006; her death) |
| Relations | -John (brother) -Bob (brother) -Marilyn (sister) |
| Other work | Sales manager Author |
Technical Sergeant Donald G. Malarkey (born July 31, 1921) is a former non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Malarkey was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Scott Grimes.
Donald Malarkey was born in Astoria, Oregon, to Leo and Helen (née Trask) Malarkey, married in 1918. His father was Leo, who gained his nickname, "Tick," while attending the University of Oregon, where he played football and had a job winding a huge campus clock. He was also a brother of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. Two of Don's uncles, Gerald Malarkey and Robert Malarkey, served in World War I. Gerald died in combat on August 11, 1918, in France by shrapnel from a German shell, and Robert died in 1926 due to complications from a mustard gas attack.
Malarkey was raised Roman Catholic and attended a local Catholic school, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, where he excelled as an athlete, most notably as point guard on the basketball team. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1939. As a youth, he worked on a purse seiner crew on the Columbia River. He was a volunteer firefighter during the destructive Tillamook Burn forest fire, which destroyed thousands of acres of Oregon timber. He was in his first semester at the University of Oregon in the fall of 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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