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His plane was downed in Soissons, France and he spent three months in a hospital with five wounds. He was credited with downing four enemy planes and received several French awards, including the Croix de Guerre with palm and Purple Heart.
After his service he was engaged in the heating and plumbing business, the landfill and earth moving business and owned the Arlington Beach Park. In 1936 he founded the Alaska Coal, Alaska Brick, Paving and Fence and Fairfax Asphalt companies.
He purchased the Carlyle House and Carlyle Apartments in 1940. He was a member of the Masons, the Sigma Chi social fraternity, the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Besides his wife, the former Helen Ott of Mercersburg, Pa., of the home address, survivors include a son, Robert S. of Potomac, Md.; a sister, Lela Mowen of Chatham, N. J. and three grandchildren.
A funeral service was held January 20 at Gawler’s Funeral Home and interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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