Korean War Allan Sutter (June 14, 1914 – July 12, 1988) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps colonel.
He then attended Communications Officers School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, before he served as the aide to the commanding general of the 1st Marine Division.
[4] By the afternoon of September 16, Sutter's battalion had pushed two miles inland and had taken Hill 117 which overlooked the highway toward Seoul.
Early on the morning of September 20, his battalion destroyed another enemy counterattack which was composed of five tanks and 300 men outside of Yongdung-po.
The house-to-house fighting was agonizingly slow for the Marines, who would typically spend one hour clearing each position.
On September 29, an observation post occupied by Company E on Hill 132 was attacked by approximately 100 of the enemy.
As Sutter's battalion arrived at Koto-ri on November 24, the Chinese Communist military encircled the entire division and the coldest winter in 50 years descended on Korea.
Lieutenant Colonel Sutter skillfully directed his Marines in repulsing the attack, killing 175 of the enemy and wounding several hundred more.
[7] After the war, Sutter served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 for the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.