A memorial service has been set for a World War II veteran who inspired people across the U.S. to vote after he filled out his absentee ballot from his hospice bed.
The memorial service for Frank Tanabe will be held on Friday, Nov. 2 at St. Andrew’s Cathedral.
Visitation will take place from 10 a.m., with the service at 11 a.m.
A reception will follow until 1:30 p.m.
Inurnment will be held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl at 2 p.m.
Tanabe made headlines when a photo of him filling out his absentee ballot with the help of his daughter went viral.
Tanabe served in a mostly Japanese-American unit of the Military Intelligence Service during WWII. He also volunteered to join the Army from the Tule Lake internment camp in California.
He died on Oct. 24 in Honolulu after battling end-stage liver cancer.
Tanabe was 93 years old.
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