Zero to Hero Photo Gallery

Explore some of the images from Al Lynch's life and career. Below are just some of the images featured in Lynch's memoir.

  • Lynch with his gear at Dak To.

  • (Left to right) Younger sister Nancy, father LeRoy and Al Lynch on vacation in Wisconsin.

  • Lynch wearing his Medal of Honor, in full U.S. Army uniform. 

  • President Nixon congratulating Lynch after awarding him the Medal of Honor (MOH). 

  • At Dak To, a mortar and rocket attack on the day before Company D, 12th Calvary's air assault on Hill 724. 

  • Al Lynch with his mother Viola and father LeRoy. He's wearing his favorite cowboy shirt. 

  • Lynch and family after the Medal of Honor ceremony on May 14, 1970, with local dignitaries. 

  • Lynch and his platoon on Hill 724 after relieving elements of the 4th Infantry Division on November 12, 1967, as they began to search for American bodies. 

  • Lynch and his platoon hacking their way through the jungle in the An Lao Valley, January 1968.

  • Lynch inspecting naval cadets on memorial day 1970 in Dolton, shortly after receiving the MOH. 

  • Lynch in his office at the Illinois Attorney General's office, where he led the Veterans Rights Bureau for twenty years.

  • Event with a Chicago high school Army ROTC class where Lynch presented students with his challenge coin. 

  • Lynch's basic training photo, taken in early 1965  just before graduation.

  • Lynch at age 5, having lunch in the family's apartment at W. 111th Place in Roseland. 

  • Susie and Al Lynch on their wedding day in April 1970, with Reverend William Sheppard at the Ivanhoe United Methodist Church in Riverdale.