United States of America
U.S. Army · United States 
David L. Smith
1835 – 1916
David L. Smith served the U.S. Army. David was 81 years old.
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U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
6 April 1862 · Sergeant, Battery E, 1st New York Light Artillery. Place and date. At Warwick Courthouse, Va., 6 April 1862.
This soldier, when a shell struck an ammunition chest exploding a number of cartridges and setting fire to the packing tow, procured water and extinguished the fire, thus preventing the explosion of the remaining ammunition.
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
This soldier, when a shell struck an ammunition chest exploding a number of cartridges and setting fire to the packing tow, procured water and extinguished the fire, thus preventing the explosion of the remaining ammunition.
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