Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, will receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge, and will be promoted posthumously to staff sergeant.

The U.S. military has identified a soldier killed while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton from North Carolina.

Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed in action at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, on July 19.

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…