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.
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.
[3] For this action, Cutter was awarded the Medal of Honor a month and a half later, on July 9.
Jumping overboard on this date, Cutter aided in saving one of the crew of that vessel from drowning.