Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremony with relatives and friends, according to a statement released Friday by his family.

Stevens, a decorated World War II pilot and one-time President Pro Tem of the Senate, will be buried Sept. 28 with honors.

He died earlier this month at age 86 in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska. A funeral for Stevens was held Aug. 18 in Anchorage.