Oleksandr Topal served as a combat vehicle commander and led the 2nd M
echanized Unit of the 1st Mechanized Platoon, 2ndMechanized Company, 1st Mechanized Battalion, 28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, holding the rank of Sergeant.
He was born on December 21, 1981, in the urban-type settlement of Tarutyne, Odesa Region. A Ukrainian national, he graduated from the General Education School of Tarutyne (now the Tarutyne Educational Complex General Education School of I–III Stages – Lyceum – Preschool Institution).