Roll of Honor

Student soldiers marching on Broadway


Robert Kenneth Everson

  • School: Columbia College
  • Class Year: 1917
  • War: World War I
  • Date of Death: January 20, 1919

Chief Photographer and Aviator Robert Kenneth Everson, U.S. Army, died January 20, 1919, of influenza and pneumonia contracted through his work taking care of sick veterans under his command. In France he had frequently risked his life flying over German lines to make accurate maps and photographs.

Robert Kenneth Everson

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