Jessica Lynch

About Jessica Lynch

During the Iraq War, a US Army soldier became a POW and was rescued by US Special Operations Forces in 2003.

Jessica Dawn Lynch is a former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Lynch was serving as a unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi forces during the Battle of Nasiriyah. Lynch was seriously injured and captured. Her subsequent recovery by U.S. Special Operations Forces on April 1, 2003 received considerable media coverage; it was the first successful rescue of an American prisoner of war since World War II and the first ever of a woman. Initial official reports on Lynch's capture and rescue in Iraq were incorrect. On April 24, 2007, she testified in front of Congress that she had never fired her weapon, and that she had been knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed. Lynch has been outspoken in her criticism of the original stories reported regarding her combat experience.

Rank	Private First Class (PFC)
Unit	507th Maintenance Company
Battles/wars	Iraq War, 2003 invasion of Iraq (POW)
Birth name	Jessica Dawn Lynch
Other work	Teacher, actress
Years of service	2001–2003
Born	April 26, 1983, Palestine, West Virginia, U.S.

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Trivia

She was the first female prisoner-of-war who was successfully rescued and the first POW rescued by the United States since WWII. 

Jessica Lynch before fame

Her parents couldn't afford to send her to college, so she enlisted in the US Army.

Achievement of Jessica Lynch

She was the first female POW to be successfully rescued, as well as the first POW to be rescued by the US since WWII.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Jessica Lynch family life

Deidre and Gregory Lynch were her parents. Dakota Ann Robinson was born to her and her husband, Wes Robinson, on January 19, 2007. Lori Ann Piestewa, her best friend and the first woman killed in battle in Iraq, was named after her daughter.

Associations of Jessica Lynch

Both she and Don Rickles served in the military.

Jessica Lynch Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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