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About the Featured Speaker. Jessica Lynch is a former United States Army Private First Class (PFC) and a former prisoner of war. On March 23, 2003, she was serving as a unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi troops. Lynch was seriously injured during the attack and taken prisoner by Iraqi ...
Nov 10, 2003 · Female enlistees, including Lynch and former prisoner of war Spec. Shoshana Johnson, clearly were not aware that the rules had changed. No one told them, it seems, that women would be assigned to previously all-male units, even in support missions known to involve a “substantial risk of capture.” These Clinton-era rules remain in effect today.
Nov 13, 2003 · Now, former POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch finally speaks out about what really happened to her in Iraq and what her life has been like since she has been home. Her new book is titled, “I’m a Soldier ...
Nov 9, 2023 · Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 10:07 AM 5 min read. West Virginia family remembers former POW’s long recovery. Jessica and Dee Lynch reflect on daughter's recovery after being a POW. Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch ...
Mar 20, 2003 · Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch was a private first class with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed during the Battle of Nasiriyah in 2003. Badly injured, Lynch was rescued April 1, 2003, by US special operations forces. Today she is a teacher, actress, and motivational speaker. Photo courtesy of Jessica Lynch.
Private First Class Jessica Lynch was a 19-year-old U.S. Army supply clerk with the 507th Maintenance Company based in Fort Bliss, Texas. While stationed in Iraq, she was injured and captured by Iraqi forces on March 23, 2003 after her convoy was ambushed near the city of Nasiriyah. Eleven other soldiers in the company were killed in the ambush.
Jessica’s Story. Lynch was born in April of 1983 in Palestine, West Virginia, the second child and first daughter to Deadra Lynch and Gregory Lynch, Sr. Her dream was to go to college and become a teacher, which she later achieved. After graduating high school in May of 2001, she thought she had life figured out, or so she thought.
