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US Sergeant Michael Swinton Dies in Iraq Drone Detonation

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Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton was killed in action on July 19 at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, due to a drone detonation.
Assigned to Fort Bragg, he will receive posthumous awards, following recent US soldier deaths in Jordan.

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Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton died in Iraq from a drone detonation, an incident that follows the recent deaths of two other US soldiers in Jordan attributed to direct Iranian fire.

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Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton died during a drone detonation in Iraq. He was killed in action on July 19 at Erbil Air Base. Swinton was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and will receive posthumous awards. This incident follows two other US soldiers killed in Jordan recently. Those deaths were the first from direct Iranian fire in some time.

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