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Medal of Honor Recipient

George W. Cutter

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871 - 1899

MOH-RC-002276Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1872

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Medal of Honor

May 27, 1872

Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Landsman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871 - 1899
Unit or command
U.S.S. Powhatan

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Powhatan, Norfolk, Va., 27 May 1872. Jumping overboard on this date, Cutter aided in saving one of the crew of that vessel from drowning.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. George W. Cutter — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002287
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
176
Accredited to
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
155aab1d92b3005ee582dbb2aea3f4b7a8b59c3129712c94ab7a1eee25ac3832

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The exact current profile heading is George W Cutter; the controlled display name is George W. Cutter, and both forms remain preserved. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Powhatan; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Powhatan, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1872-05-27 and classifies the action under Interim 1871 - 1899; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Norfolk, Virginia, USA; the current structured place Norfolk, Virginia, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value Norfolk, VA, USA remain preserved in the audit evidence. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.