DOW Identifies an Army casualty
The Department of War has identified a third active-duty soldier who was killed while supporting overseas contingency operations in Iraq.
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial System on July 19 at Erbil Air Base, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
Sgt. Swinton was assigned to D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.