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JAMES ALLAN ASCHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1942 – January 8, 1969
Service recordJames Allan Ascher, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 52
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 52
- LEO ROBERT MULLENFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LARRY DON WELSHStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1969
- JAMES LESTER WOLTERSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANA JAMES KAEBERLECorporal · Panel 35W, Line 55
- STEVEN SLUSHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 56
- LARRY EUGENE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 56
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.