Dedicating the Michael J. Lynch Memorial Garden

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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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