By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-07-22 00:22:49 | Updated at 2026-07-22 01:35:51
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The third soldier killed in an Iranian strike on a base in Jordan on Friday has been identified as a 28-year-old New York resident.
Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, was one of three US service members killed when Iranian forces attacked the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.
She was previously listed as missing in action.
First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, and Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, were also killed in the attack. Rampersad belonged to the same unit as Gonzales — the 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command based in Ansbach, Germany.
A fourth US soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was also identified on Tuesday as a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade.
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton will now receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge, and will be promoted to staff sergeant. The Army said it was investigating the circumstances of his death Sunday at an air base in Irbil.
Swinton leaves behind a 6-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter, his mother said.
'I will never recover from this,' his wife, Mia Gonzalez-Swinton, posted Monday on Facebook. 'We had so many plans for when you got back, I'm sick to my stomach.' She said she was notified Sunday that he had been killed.
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, a 30-year-old father from North Carolina, was killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone
Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, and First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, were also killed when Iranian forces attacked the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on Friday
An Iranian missile was launched on Tuesday
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
