The
30-year-old soldier from Fayetteville, North Carolina, assigned to the 108th
Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg, died July 19 during a controlled
detonation of an Iranian drone at Erbil Air Base in Iraq.
He leaves behind wife Mia Gonzalez-Swinton, a
6-year-old son, and their daughter; Swinton will receive a posthumous promotion
to staff sergeant plus the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Action Badge.
His loss
follows the deaths of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas, and 1st Lt.
Gen. Dan Caine honored them in Senate testimony, as President Trump plans a Dover visit and the Pentagon reports nearly 100 recent injuries.