US identifies soldier killed disposing drone in Iraq
The US Department of War identified Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, as the soldier killed on July 19 during a controlled detonation of a downed Iranian drone at Erbil Air Base in Iraq. Swinton, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, was assigned to D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, and is set to receive posthumous honors including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. The incident is under investigation and follows the recent deaths of two US soldiers in Jordan amid Iranian attacks.