Robert Franklin Asher was a man who gave all for his country.
He was killed while serving in Vietnam. He was a SGT-E5-ARMY-Select Service in the 198th Light Infantry Brigade. He had served in the Army for 1 year when he was killed. His tour began of Feb 21, 1968 and ended in his death on Oct 1, 1968. /In Quang Tin, South Vietnam, Hostile, Helicopter, Noncrew Air Loss, Crash on Land/ his body was recovered and laid to rest in his town of Smiley, Texas. He can be found on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Panel 42W- Line 52.
RITES FOR R. ASHER HELD
Services for Robert Asher son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Asher. Born Sept. 14, 1945, passed away Oct. 1, 1968.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother and father, one sister (Carolyn) Mrs. Roland Lester of Ohio and many other close relatives and friends.
Robert joined the Methodist Church in 1957.
He got his degree at S.W.T.S. College in San Marcos and from there he was inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces, in a few months went to VietNam and was there until tragedy struck and death claimed his life.
He was brought back to the U.S. and was met in California by Mike Canion and escorted his body to San Antonio Airport.
Bro. Murel Waters and Bro. Stanford Coon officiated.
Interment in Bundick cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 10th.
Pallbearers were: Michael Canion, Nat Galloway, Gilbert McCoy, Fred Sweeney, Carl Cudney, David Quinney, Sammy Barnett, Carl Stillges, Colin Johnson, Robert Culpepper, Bob peck, Mike Miller, Mike Waters.
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On October 1, 1968, D Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, was engaged in the vicinity of the Thien Phuoc Special Forces Camp in Quang Tin Province. During the fight, attempts to medevac their wounded were hampered by heavy enemy fire on the helicopters. One attempt, flown by WO1 Reinis Fox from the 54th Medical Detachment, 498th Medical Company, resulted in a downed helicopter. Fox and his crew were picked up and volunteered to try again. On his second attempt, with the help of supporting gunships, he succeeded in landing his aircraft and remained on the ground long enough for nine of the casualties to be loaded on to the aircraft. Once airborne, his aircraft continued to receive hostile fire and sustained several hits, putting it into a tailspin and causing it to crash land. Upon impact, the aircraft burst into flames. Three wounded were recovered from the downed Huey, but the bodies of the dead could not be recovered at the time. As the day wore on the US soldiers were required to pull back, taking their wounded but unable to recover their dead from the ground action. U.S. forces later reentered the area and recovered all their dead, 16 men total. Two more died of wounds incurred in the action. Fox, who was seriously burned over a large portion of his body, was evacuated to the 106th General Hospital in Japan where he died on October 7th. The medevac helicopter loss is known to have resulted in eleven deaths. The three air crewmen included pilot WO Reinis Fox, crew chief PFC Calvin E. McGilton, and flight medic SP4 Richard W. Sanders. The lost passengers were SGT Robert F. Asher, SGT Ward E. See, CPL Timothy G. Arens, CPL Frank A. Baggett, CPL Lemuel Johnson, CPL Bernard J. Uhren, PFC Charles A. Branch, and PFC Jose D. Melendez-Gonzalez. Seven other men died in the fighting on the ground. Their names are 1LT Ronald D. Brown, SGT Robert J. Davis, SGT Frederick H. Flynn, CPL Gary W. Brown, CPL John W. Dingus, CPL Eugene R. Suarez, and PFC Richard B. Clements. As noted above, Fox reportedly loaded nine wounded men aboard, but only eight can be identified. All eleven men aboard the helicopter died from burns received in the crash. CPL Gary W. Brown is not coded as a helicopter-related death, but he alone among the ground casualties died of burns. It is possible that he was the ninth wounded passenger, if there were indeed nine men loaded aboard. [Taken from virtualwall.org]
He was killed while serving in Vietnam. He was a SGT-E5-ARMY-Select Service in the 198th Light Infantry Brigade. He had served in the Army for 1 year when he was killed. His tour began of Feb 21, 1968 and ended in his death on Oct 1, 1968. /In Quang Tin, South Vietnam, Hostile, Helicopter, Noncrew Air Loss, Crash on Land/ his body was recovered and laid to rest in his town of Smiley, Texas. He can be found on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Panel 42W- Line 52.
RITES FOR R. ASHER HELD
Services for Robert Asher son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Asher. Born Sept. 14, 1945, passed away Oct. 1, 1968.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother and father, one sister (Carolyn) Mrs. Roland Lester of Ohio and many other close relatives and friends.
Robert joined the Methodist Church in 1957.
He got his degree at S.W.T.S. College in San Marcos and from there he was inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces, in a few months went to VietNam and was there until tragedy struck and death claimed his life.
He was brought back to the U.S. and was met in California by Mike Canion and escorted his body to San Antonio Airport.
Bro. Murel Waters and Bro. Stanford Coon officiated.
Interment in Bundick cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 10th.
Pallbearers were: Michael Canion, Nat Galloway, Gilbert McCoy, Fred Sweeney, Carl Cudney, David Quinney, Sammy Barnett, Carl Stillges, Colin Johnson, Robert Culpepper, Bob peck, Mike Miller, Mike Waters.
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On October 1, 1968, D Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, was engaged in the vicinity of the Thien Phuoc Special Forces Camp in Quang Tin Province. During the fight, attempts to medevac their wounded were hampered by heavy enemy fire on the helicopters. One attempt, flown by WO1 Reinis Fox from the 54th Medical Detachment, 498th Medical Company, resulted in a downed helicopter. Fox and his crew were picked up and volunteered to try again. On his second attempt, with the help of supporting gunships, he succeeded in landing his aircraft and remained on the ground long enough for nine of the casualties to be loaded on to the aircraft. Once airborne, his aircraft continued to receive hostile fire and sustained several hits, putting it into a tailspin and causing it to crash land. Upon impact, the aircraft burst into flames. Three wounded were recovered from the downed Huey, but the bodies of the dead could not be recovered at the time. As the day wore on the US soldiers were required to pull back, taking their wounded but unable to recover their dead from the ground action. U.S. forces later reentered the area and recovered all their dead, 16 men total. Two more died of wounds incurred in the action. Fox, who was seriously burned over a large portion of his body, was evacuated to the 106th General Hospital in Japan where he died on October 7th. The medevac helicopter loss is known to have resulted in eleven deaths. The three air crewmen included pilot WO Reinis Fox, crew chief PFC Calvin E. McGilton, and flight medic SP4 Richard W. Sanders. The lost passengers were SGT Robert F. Asher, SGT Ward E. See, CPL Timothy G. Arens, CPL Frank A. Baggett, CPL Lemuel Johnson, CPL Bernard J. Uhren, PFC Charles A. Branch, and PFC Jose D. Melendez-Gonzalez. Seven other men died in the fighting on the ground. Their names are 1LT Ronald D. Brown, SGT Robert J. Davis, SGT Frederick H. Flynn, CPL Gary W. Brown, CPL John W. Dingus, CPL Eugene R. Suarez, and PFC Richard B. Clements. As noted above, Fox reportedly loaded nine wounded men aboard, but only eight can be identified. All eleven men aboard the helicopter died from burns received in the crash. CPL Gary W. Brown is not coded as a helicopter-related death, but he alone among the ground casualties died of burns. It is possible that he was the ninth wounded passenger, if there were indeed nine men loaded aboard. [Taken from virtualwall.org]
Robert Franklin Asher was a man who gave all for his country.
He was killed while serving in Vietnam. He was a SGT-E5-ARMY-Select Service in the 198th Light Infantry Brigade. He had served in the Army for 1 year when he was killed. His tour began of Feb 21, 1968 and ended in his death on Oct 1, 1968. /In Quang Tin, South Vietnam, Hostile, Helicopter, Noncrew Air Loss, Crash on Land/ his body was recovered and laid to rest in his town of Smiley, Texas. He can be found on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Panel 42W- Line 52.
RITES FOR R. ASHER HELD
Services for Robert Asher son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Asher. Born Sept. 14, 1945, passed away Oct. 1, 1968.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother and father, one sister (Carolyn) Mrs. Roland Lester of Ohio and many other close relatives and friends.
Robert joined the Methodist Church in 1957.
He got his degree at S.W.T.S. College in San Marcos and from there he was inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces, in a few months went to VietNam and was there until tragedy struck and death claimed his life.
He was brought back to the U.S. and was met in California by Mike Canion and escorted his body to San Antonio Airport.
Bro. Murel Waters and Bro. Stanford Coon officiated.
Interment in Bundick cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 10th.
Pallbearers were: Michael Canion, Nat Galloway, Gilbert McCoy, Fred Sweeney, Carl Cudney, David Quinney, Sammy Barnett, Carl Stillges, Colin Johnson, Robert Culpepper, Bob peck, Mike Miller, Mike Waters.
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On October 1, 1968, D Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, was engaged in the vicinity of the Thien Phuoc Special Forces Camp in Quang Tin Province. During the fight, attempts to medevac their wounded were hampered by heavy enemy fire on the helicopters. One attempt, flown by WO1 Reinis Fox from the 54th Medical Detachment, 498th Medical Company, resulted in a downed helicopter. Fox and his crew were picked up and volunteered to try again. On his second attempt, with the help of supporting gunships, he succeeded in landing his aircraft and remained on the ground long enough for nine of the casualties to be loaded on to the aircraft. Once airborne, his aircraft continued to receive hostile fire and sustained several hits, putting it into a tailspin and causing it to crash land. Upon impact, the aircraft burst into flames. Three wounded were recovered from the downed Huey, but the bodies of the dead could not be recovered at the time. As the day wore on the US soldiers were required to pull back, taking their wounded but unable to recover their dead from the ground action. U.S. forces later reentered the area and recovered all their dead, 16 men total. Two more died of wounds incurred in the action. Fox, who was seriously burned over a large portion of his body, was evacuated to the 106th General Hospital in Japan where he died on October 7th. The medevac helicopter loss is known to have resulted in eleven deaths. The three air crewmen included pilot WO Reinis Fox, crew chief PFC Calvin E. McGilton, and flight medic SP4 Richard W. Sanders. The lost passengers were SGT Robert F. Asher, SGT Ward E. See, CPL Timothy G. Arens, CPL Frank A. Baggett, CPL Lemuel Johnson, CPL Bernard J. Uhren, PFC Charles A. Branch, and PFC Jose D. Melendez-Gonzalez. Seven other men died in the fighting on the ground. Their names are 1LT Ronald D. Brown, SGT Robert J. Davis, SGT Frederick H. Flynn, CPL Gary W. Brown, CPL John W. Dingus, CPL Eugene R. Suarez, and PFC Richard B. Clements. As noted above, Fox reportedly loaded nine wounded men aboard, but only eight can be identified. All eleven men aboard the helicopter died from burns received in the crash. CPL Gary W. Brown is not coded as a helicopter-related death, but he alone among the ground casualties died of burns. It is possible that he was the ninth wounded passenger, if there were indeed nine men loaded aboard. [Taken from virtualwall.org]
He was killed while serving in Vietnam. He was a SGT-E5-ARMY-Select Service in the 198th Light Infantry Brigade. He had served in the Army for 1 year when he was killed. His tour began of Feb 21, 1968 and ended in his death on Oct 1, 1968. /In Quang Tin, South Vietnam, Hostile, Helicopter, Noncrew Air Loss, Crash on Land/ his body was recovered and laid to rest in his town of Smiley, Texas. He can be found on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Panel 42W- Line 52.
RITES FOR R. ASHER HELD
Services for Robert Asher son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Asher. Born Sept. 14, 1945, passed away Oct. 1, 1968.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother and father, one sister (Carolyn) Mrs. Roland Lester of Ohio and many other close relatives and friends.
Robert joined the Methodist Church in 1957.
He got his degree at S.W.T.S. College in San Marcos and from there he was inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces, in a few months went to VietNam and was there until tragedy struck and death claimed his life.
He was brought back to the U.S. and was met in California by Mike Canion and escorted his body to San Antonio Airport.
Bro. Murel Waters and Bro. Stanford Coon officiated.
Interment in Bundick cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 10th.
Pallbearers were: Michael Canion, Nat Galloway, Gilbert McCoy, Fred Sweeney, Carl Cudney, David Quinney, Sammy Barnett, Carl Stillges, Colin Johnson, Robert Culpepper, Bob peck, Mike Miller, Mike Waters.
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On October 1, 1968, D Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, was engaged in the vicinity of the Thien Phuoc Special Forces Camp in Quang Tin Province. During the fight, attempts to medevac their wounded were hampered by heavy enemy fire on the helicopters. One attempt, flown by WO1 Reinis Fox from the 54th Medical Detachment, 498th Medical Company, resulted in a downed helicopter. Fox and his crew were picked up and volunteered to try again. On his second attempt, with the help of supporting gunships, he succeeded in landing his aircraft and remained on the ground long enough for nine of the casualties to be loaded on to the aircraft. Once airborne, his aircraft continued to receive hostile fire and sustained several hits, putting it into a tailspin and causing it to crash land. Upon impact, the aircraft burst into flames. Three wounded were recovered from the downed Huey, but the bodies of the dead could not be recovered at the time. As the day wore on the US soldiers were required to pull back, taking their wounded but unable to recover their dead from the ground action. U.S. forces later reentered the area and recovered all their dead, 16 men total. Two more died of wounds incurred in the action. Fox, who was seriously burned over a large portion of his body, was evacuated to the 106th General Hospital in Japan where he died on October 7th. The medevac helicopter loss is known to have resulted in eleven deaths. The three air crewmen included pilot WO Reinis Fox, crew chief PFC Calvin E. McGilton, and flight medic SP4 Richard W. Sanders. The lost passengers were SGT Robert F. Asher, SGT Ward E. See, CPL Timothy G. Arens, CPL Frank A. Baggett, CPL Lemuel Johnson, CPL Bernard J. Uhren, PFC Charles A. Branch, and PFC Jose D. Melendez-Gonzalez. Seven other men died in the fighting on the ground. Their names are 1LT Ronald D. Brown, SGT Robert J. Davis, SGT Frederick H. Flynn, CPL Gary W. Brown, CPL John W. Dingus, CPL Eugene R. Suarez, and PFC Richard B. Clements. As noted above, Fox reportedly loaded nine wounded men aboard, but only eight can be identified. All eleven men aboard the helicopter died from burns received in the crash. CPL Gary W. Brown is not coded as a helicopter-related death, but he alone among the ground casualties died of burns. It is possible that he was the ninth wounded passenger, if there were indeed nine men loaded aboard. [Taken from virtualwall.org]
Gravesite Details
Triple Headstone with Floy Parker and Frank Miller Asher
