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John B. Cuvillier
Marine Band Director John B. Cuvillier

John B. Cuvillier

Director, Sept. 3, 1827 – June 16, 1829

Little is known about John B. Cuvillier other than that he was born in France and enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 16, 1824 at age 40. He died in 1834 and is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.