US military identifies soldier killed disarming a drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old from North Carolina
The Army said Swinton will receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge and be promoted to staff sergeant.
- On Sunday, 30-year-old Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton died during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone at an air base in Irbil, Iraq, the U.S. military identified on Tuesday.
- Swinton was assigned to the 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, out of Fort Bragg, having enlisted in the Army in 2017.
- Brig. Gen. John L. Dawber praised Swinton as an experienced noncommissioned officer, while his wife, Mia Gonzalez-Swinton, posted grieving messages on Facebook. Swinton will receive the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Action Badge posthumously.
- This death follows the killing of two U.S. Army soldiers in Jordan on Friday, marking the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire. A second service member sustained minor injuries during the Irbil incident.
- Both soldiers were deployed to support a mission targeting the Islamic State group as President Trump faces renewed pressure to avoid the prolonged Middle East engagement he previously campaigned against.
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Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton, U.S.A., in a dateless photo U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command via AP An American soldier killed in Iraq during the controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father, a North Carolina native, who served for almost a decade, according to a military statement released on Tuesday (21) and information from his family. ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 on WhatsApp Sergeant M…
U.S. soldier killed in Iraq was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina
A U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family.
Pentagon Identifies US Soldier Killed in Iraq
The War Department identified a U.S. soldier on July 21 who was killed in action while destroying an Iranian drone at a U.S. military base in Iraq. The Pentagon named Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, as the soldier who was killed in action at Erbil Air Base on July 19. Swinton died during a controlled detonation of an unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. The Pentagon confirmed the …
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