Exhibit 24.1


                   WACHOVIA ASSET SECURITIZATION ISSUANCE, LLC


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose signature  appears below
constitutes  and appoints  Thomas  Wickwire,  David L. Pitelka,  Lana  Cummings,
Curtis Y. Arledge and Juliana C.  Johnson,  and each of them, as his or her true
and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent,  with full  power of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for him or her and in his or her name,  place and stead, in any
and all  capacities  (including  his  capacity  as  director  and/or  officer of
Wachovia Asset Securitization  Issuance, LLC (the "Registrant")) to sign any and
all  amendments  (including  post-effective   amendments)  to  the  Registration
Statement,  and any registration  statement for additional Mortgage Asset-Backed
Pass-Through  Certificates and  Asset-Backed  Notes that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the
same, with all exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection  therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent  full power and  authority  to do and  perform  each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and
to all  intents  and  purposes  as  might or  could  be done in  person,  hereby
ratifying  and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


SIGNATURE                 TITLE                                   DATE
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/s/ Thomas Wickwire       Manager, President and Chief          October 31, 2003
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Thomas Wickwire

/s/ David L. Pitelka      Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer    October 31, 2003
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David L. Pitelka

/s/ Lana Cummings         Chief Accounting Officer              October 31, 2003
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Lana Cummings

/s/ Curtis Y. Arledge     Manager                               October 31, 2003
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Curtis Y. Arledge

/s/ Juliana C. Johnson    Manager                               October 31, 2003
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Juliana C. Johnson