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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-047244
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20230419

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERISERV FINANCIAL INC /PA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000707605
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				251424278
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MAIN & FRANKLIN STS
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 430
		CITY:			JOHNSTOWN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15907
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8145335300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MAIN & FRANKLIN STS
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 430
		CITY:			JOHNSTOWN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15907
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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">C. Patrick Gadson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">pgadson@velaw.com</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Tel <FONT STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">212.237.0198</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">April 19, 2023</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL AND EDGAR FILING</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">David Plattner</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">Special Counsel</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">Division of Corporation Finance</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">Office of Mergers and Acquisitions</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">100 F Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>Re:</B></TD><TD><B>AmeriServ Financial, Inc.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in"><B>PREC14A filed April 6, 2023</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in"><B>File No. 000-11204</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Dear Mr. Plattner:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Set forth below are the responses
on behalf of AmeriServ Financial, Inc. (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;) to comments received from the Staff of the Division of
Corporation Finance (the &ldquo;<B><I>Staff</I></B>&rdquo;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&rdquo;)
by letter on April 14, 2023, with respect to the Company&rsquo;s preliminary proxy statement, File No. 000-11204, filed with the Commission
on April 6, 2023 (the &ldquo;<B><I>Preliminary Proxy Statement</I></B>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">For your convenience, each
response is prefaced by the exact text of the Staff&rsquo;s corresponding comment in bold, italicized text. Substantially concurrently
with the submission of this letter the Company is also submitting Amendment No. 1 to the Preliminary Proxy Statement (the &ldquo;<B><I>Amended
Preliminary Proxy Statement</I></B>&rdquo;) on EDGAR. Unless otherwise specified, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein have
the same meaning as in the Preliminary Proxy Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><B><U>PREC14A filed April 6,
2023</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><B><U>General</U></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><B><I>1.</I></B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>The proxy card does not appear to provide any instructions
or guidance with respect to cumulative voting, nor any space in which a shareholder can indicate its own instructions or preferences
with respect to how it would like its votes to be divided among the various director nominees. Please revise, or advise.</I></B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><U>RESPONSE</U>: We acknowledge
the Staff&rsquo;s comment and have revised the form of proxy card in the Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement to provide instructions with
respect to cumulative voting, including a space on the form of proxy card in which a shareholder can indicate its own instructions or
preferences with respect to how it would like its votes to be divided among the various director nominees.</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP Attorneys at Law</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Austin Dallas Dubai Houston London Los Angeles
New York</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Richmond San Francisco Tokyo Washington</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; padding-right: 5.75pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Grace Building, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor<BR>
    New York, NY 10036-7708</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Tel</B> +1.212.237.0000 <B>Fax</B> +1.212.237.0100 <B>velaw.com</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><B><I>2.</I></B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Please disclose additional detail regarding the Board&rsquo;s
reasons for rejecting the Purported Nomination Notice, including, in particular, the fact that the Board determined that Mr. Cooper's
nomination &ldquo;does not comply with AmeriServ&rsquo;s interlocks bylaw that prohibits Board members and nominees to the Board from,
among other things, concurrent directorships with other depository institutions,&rdquo; as was disclosed in a press release issued by
the Company and attached as an exhibit to a March 15 Form 8-K filed by the Company, and regarding which the Company&rsquo;s counsel disclosed
additional detail in a letter sent to Mr. Cooper&rsquo;s counsel, which letter was also attached as an exhibit to the same March 15 Form
8-K.</I></B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><U>RESPONSE</U>: We acknowledge
the Staff&rsquo;s comment and have revised the Preliminary Proxy Statement accordingly. Please see the Letter to Shareholders, the Notice
of 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and pages 3 and 7 of the Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Please contact me directly at
(212) 237-0198 with any questions that you have with respect to the foregoing or if any additional supplemental information is required
by the Staff.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ C. Patrick Gadson</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">C. Patrick Gadson</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">cc:</TD><TD>Lawrence S. Elbaum (lelbaum@velaw.com)</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">David W. Swartz (david.swartz@stevenslee.com)</P>

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