Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is a former Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. Lynch served in Iraq during the 2003 invasion (2003 invasion of Iraq) by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003 she was injured and captured by Iraqi forces but was recovered on April 1 by U.S. special operations forces, with the incident subsequently receiving considerable news coverage.

Lynch, along with major media outlets, has since accused the U.S. government of embellishing the story as part of the Pentagon (U.S. Department of Defense)s propaganda effort.cite news url= title=Myth Making date=2007-04-20 publisher=MSNBC accessdate=2007-05-05 cite news url= title=Hearing on Tillman, Lynch Incidents: Jessica Lynchs Opening date=2007-04-24 publisher=You Tube accessdate=2007-05-05

On April 24, 2007 she testified in front of Congress that she had never fired her weapon; her M16 rifle jammed, as did all weapons systems assigned to her unit, and she had been knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed.