About George W. Cutter
Born 1849. George W. Cutter was an American military personnel.
George W. Cutter (born c. 1849, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in about 1849, Cutter joined the Navy from that state By May 27, 1872, he was serving as a landsman on the . On that day, while the ship was at Norfolk, Virginia, Seaman James Mitchell fell from Powhatan's rigging and landed in the water; he was rendered helpless in the fall. Cutter and two others, Second Assistant Engineer George Cowie and Ordinary Seaman Henry Couch, jumped overboard and saved Mitchell from drowning.
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United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
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George W. Cutter was born in 1849 in Philadelphia.
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