A North Carolina soldier returning from Afghanistan had a joyful reunion with his daughter at a pumpkin patch and the YouTube video of the event has gone viral.

In the video Levi Kaplan, who is stationed at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina and recently completed a 10-month stint in Afghanistan, sneaks up behind his daughter Malena Anabelle.

After a brief moment of being startled, Malena Anabelle then turns and hugs her daddy while sobbing.

Levi's wife, Meg, captured the reunion and posted it to YouTube. It's been featured on Today.com and several other websites and had collected nearly 300,000 views by Wednesday morning.