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Trump to attend dignified transfer of killed soldiers as strikes on Iran continue

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By Cory Smith Verified
| NewsNation Verified
(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump will attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members Tuesday at Dover Air Force Base, as strikes against Iran continue. Three of the service members were killed in an attack on a U.S. base in Jordan over the weekend. A fourth died in a separate incident in Iraq involving an Iranian drone. The ceremony marks the third dignified transfer Trump has attended since the conflict began in February. Sgt. Angel Rampersad, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, Pvt.
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Pentagon IDs third US soldier killed in weekend Iranian attack

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By Taylor Delandro Verified, Cory Smith Verified
| WKRG-TV (Mobile, AL) Verified
Posted: Jul 21, 2026 / 09:08 PM CDT Updated: Jul 21, 2026 / 09:38 PM CDT (NewsNation) — The Department of Defense on Tuesday released the name of an additional U.S. soldier killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan, identifying him as 30-year-old Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Pentagon said Swinton was killed in action Sunday during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial System at Erbil Air Base, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
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