The US military identifies the soldier killed while disarming a drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old man from North Carolina.0

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• July 21, 2026

WASHINGTON– The US military on Tuesday identified a soldier who died while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old man from North Carolina. The Army said it was investigating the death of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville during a controlled detonation Sunday at an air base in Irbil, northern Iraq. Swinton will