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Alex and I went to Navy OCS together. He had follow-on orders to BUD/S.
He got injured, and instead of going to the fleet, chose to enlist in the Army instead.
He wanted — like many of us — to get into the fight.
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Alex Anthony Viola
SSG Viola was from Keller, TX. He was 29 when he died in Afghanistan on Nov. 17, 2013 while serving in the U.S. Army with Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (A), Eglin Air Force Base, FL.
