HOPE MILLS, N.C. (WNCN) — A funeral service was held Saturday afternoon in Hope Mills for a married Fayetteville dad and Fort Bragg soldier who was killed during the controlled demolition of an Iranian drone in Iraq last month.
Staff Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, died on Sunday, July 19, during the incident involving one-way unmanned aerial system at Erbil Air Base in Iraq, the U.S. Department of War reported.
A Fayetteville native, Swinton leaves behind a wife and a boy and girl. He was an active duty soldier after joining the U.S. Army in 2017…