Earl E 'Mac' McClung, was born April 27, 1923, to Jess and Irene McClung in Inchelium, Washington on the Colville Indian Reservation, Earl was part American Indian and was very proud of his heritage.

When Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, Earl was eager to enlist but was only in high school. Then in 1943 he was drafted as a 19 year old into the Army and joined the paratroopers where he was assigned to Easy Company 2nd Battalion 506th PIR, of the 101st Airborne. 

Earl was an NCO in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment with the 101st Airborne Division, United States Army during World War Two.

Earl jumped onto Normandy on D-day and reportedly killed two German soldiers as soon as his boots hit the ground. He fought briefly and bravely with the 82nd until relocating with his men of Company E. 

McClung campaigns with Easy Company include Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, and lastly overtaking Hitler’s Eagles Nest at the end of the war. 

His awards include, among others, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. He served our country from 1942 to 1947 and achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant.

McClung was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Rocky Marshall.

McClung died at his home in Pueblo West, Colorado on November 27, 2013. 

EARL E MCCLUNG

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