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Jeff Schogol is the senior Pentagon reporter for Task & Purpose. DMs open. jeff.schogol@recurrent.io; jeffschogol@protonmail.com; Signal and WhatsApp.
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Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Iraq during controlled detonation

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By Jeff Schogol Verified
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Follow Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Iraq during controlled detonation Tue, July 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton was assigned to the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Key takeawaysPowered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article.
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Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Iraq during controlled detonation

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By Jeff Schogol Verified
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The Defense Department has identified Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton as the soldier killed on July 19 during the controlled detonation of a downed Iranian one-way attack drone’s ordnance in Erbil, Iraq. Swinton, 30, was assigned to D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a Pentagon news release says. “His service will not be forgotten, and his sacrifice is not in vain.” Lt. Gen. John L.
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These are the 3 soldiers killed by Iran’s attack on a base in Jordan

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By Patty Nieberg Verified, Nicholas Slayton Verified, Jeff Schogol Verified
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The Pentagon has announced that Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, is “believed to have been killed” in a July 17 Iranian attack against Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan. “The service member is ‘believed to be’ until the Armed Forces Medical Examiner can confirm her identity,” a Pentagon official told Task & Purpose.
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