THE WALL OF FACES

Jim was a wonderful guy and a member of Seward church and my Sunday teacher. This was before he left for VietNam

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

As long as you are remembered you will never die...

I was with Lt Ascher the day we were ambushed. He was on 3-1 track and I was on 3-3 Track ,A co 2bn 22 infantry. We were on a morning platoon sweep when the ambush was triggered. We were caught in a crossfire with the 3-1 track getting hit by the worst of it. Lt Ascher was good platoon leader that really cared about the men of the 3d platoon. His radio man and the medic that was attached to our platoon also were lost day. A very good man that was taken to early.

First Lieutenant James Allen Ascher, Served with the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

Army 1st. Lt. James A. Ascher, 28, Winnebago, was killed Jan. 8 while serving as a platoon leader with the 25th. Infantry Division in South Vietnam. He had been in Vietnam since Aug. 29, 1968. Ascher was born in Seward, and was graduated from Winnebago High School in 1960 and from Aurora College in 1965. At Aurora, he was a member of the basketball team. He also was a member of Sigma Delta Kappa social fraternity and served as its president. He married Ann Leden in Winnebago June 26, 1965. They were parents of a son, Tabbe James, born three and a half months ago. The couple lived in Aurora for a year and a half before he entered the service in 1966. His widow and son are living with her parents, the Howard Ledens of Winnebago. Lt. Ascher underwent basic training at Ft. Dix, N.J., then went to officer candidate school at Ft. Benning, Ga. Besides his widow and son, he is survived by his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Asche, Winnebago; four brothers, Vernon Ascher, Pecatonica; Eugene and Richard Ascher, and Kenneth Asche, all of Winnebago, and his grandmother, Mrs. Helen Ascher, German Valley.