Walter Emerson Finnegan – Colonel, United States Army

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Born in 1904, he died in 1980 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery, in the same site as his daughter, Tara Leslie Finnegan (1957-1967). Her headstone reads:

“To Tara:
Warm Summer Sun Shine Brightly Here
Warm Southern Wind Blow Gently Here
Green Sod Above Lie Light, Lie Light
Goodnight Dear Heart
Goodnight, Goodnight.”

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