Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton was killed during a controlled detonation of a downed Iranian attack drone at Erbil Air Base, raising the U.S. toll to 17.

The Army identified Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton as the soldier killed during the controlled detonation of an Iranian drone at a base in Irbil, Iraq. His death, alongside other recent troop losses, underscored the mounting human cost of the widening US-Iran conflict.

A soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of a downed Iranian drone has been identified as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

The U.S. military on Tuesday identified the soldier who died in Iraq during a "controlled detonation" of an Iranian drone.