Zero to Hero Photo Gallery

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.