By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), First Lieutenant (Chaplain’s Corps) Daniel Stevenson Smart, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Chaplain Smart distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with the 328th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action in France, on 15 October 1918. In a break in fighting near Saint-Juvin and Sommerance, Chaplain Smart and a Red Cross worker were bringing tobacco and chocolate to the troops at the front line when they found some men recently killed in action. They began to ready them for burial and, as Chaplain Smart pulled out his prayerbook, a shell exploded nearby. He subsequently died in the hospital.