Chick-fil-A honors veterans with 'Missing Man' place setting

One restaurant chain is making sure to honor veterans ahead of and after Veterans Day.

A photo shows a table at a Chick-fil-A location in Marietta, Georgia set up for a “Missing Man” in honor of veterans.

Store manager Alex Korchan said the table, which features a letter,  folded American flag and place setting for the veteran, is just part of the way the store is honoring veterans.

“Our team just decided we wanted to honor veterans and do a setup honoring military,” Korchan said.

On Wednesday, which is Veterans Day, Chick-fil-A will offer a free meal to veterans and their immediate families from 5 to 8 p.m.

Korchan said the whole Atlanta market for Chick-fil-A is doing military appreciation in some way.

The restaurant has also asked its team members who have family who are active or retired military to share photos of the restaurant and the Missing Man table setting.

They used them to create a poster, where customers can also write names of loved ones lost or retired veterans.

“We’ve had a lot of people who have come in and seen it and been touched by it,” he said. “It’s been special to see.”

The Missing Man table and poster were put on display Saturday and will remain at the location through the week.

Customers can also write a "thank you" letter to military servicemen and women.

“It’s easy to forget and not something that we think about, but many of us have family members who serve and lots of us have lost people,” Korchan said.