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GEORGE MCCUTCHEN
Colonel · U.S. Army
February 2, 1914 – November 20, 1965
Service recordGeorge McCutchen, of Scottsboro, Alabama, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 51. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 2, 1914
- Home of record
- Scottsboro, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 51
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 103
- JOHN PATRICK EMERLINGPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- RONALD PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- JOSEPH P MARAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
From Scottsboro
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · January 31, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CHAMBERSCorporal · July 15, 1966
- EUGENE EMMETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- JAMES LARRY CROCKETTStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · April 11, 1970
- WILLIAM AVALON PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · July 26, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.