Pentagon identifies Army soldier killed in action during Iraq operation

The Army on Tuesday identified Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, as the U.S. service member killed while troops attempted to destroy a downed Iranian attack drone Sunday at an air base in Iraq.

Swinton, a U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) soldier, was killed in action during a controlled detonation of the one-way unmanned aerial system at Erbil Air Base, the Department of War announced. The incident remains under investigation.

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