[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 162 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E990]
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            DEDICATING THE MICHAEL J. LYNCH MEMORIAL GARDEN

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 20, 2021

  Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I am honored to commend to the House the 
memory of Special Agent Michael J. Lynch of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. Special Agent Lynch was killed in the line of duty in 
Ohio nearly four decades ago.
  Michael Lynch was raised in St. Marys, Ohio. An Air Force veteran of 
the Vietnam War, where he served as a C-130 loadmaster, he was awarded 
the Distinguished Flying Cross for successfully completing a critical 
resupply mission over Khe Sanh in February of 1968.
  Special Agent Lynch joined the FBI in 1976, assigned first to the 
Indianapolis division and later to Chicago, where he was part of the 
SWAT team. On December 16, 1982, he and three other agents lost their 
lives in an airplane accident while investigating a bank fraud and 
embezzlement case near Cincinnati.
  Tomorrow, at a site just a few blocks away from his childhood home, 
the Michael J. Lynch Memorial Garden will be dedicated in St. Marys. On 
behalf of the people of Ohio's Fourth Congressional District, I offer 
my condolences to his family, friends, and FBI colleagues as they 
gather to celebrate his selfless service to our nation. I am grateful 
to the men and women of the FBI for pursuing this honor in tribute to 
their fallen comrade and thank the leaders and residents of St. Marys 
for making it a reality.

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