The latest US troops killed in Trump’s Iran war are remembered for lives of service

Clockwise from top left are Angel S Rampersad, Michael Emmanuel Swinton, Isabella Gonzales, Tyler James Feehan. Composite: Department of Defense View image in fullscreen Clockwise from top left are Angel S Rampersad, Michael Emmanuel Swinton, Isabella Gonzales, Tyler James Feehan. Composite: Department of Defense The latest US troops killed in Trump’s Iran war are remembered for lives of service Angel Rampersad, Michael Swinton, Isabella Gonzales and Tyler Feehan were among 18 US troops killed in the war A 30-year-old husband and father of two. A 25-year-old officer just weeks away from earning his MBA. A 19-year-old recent high school graduate. And a 28-year-old from Queens, New York, with a “radiant smile”. The Pentagon this week identified three American service members who were killed, and a fourth believed to have been killed, in the Middle East over the past week amid an escalation in attacks between the United States and Iranian forces. Their deaths bring the number of US troops killed since the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February to 18, and hundreds of troops have also been injured, including nearly 100 since 7 July alone . The Pentagon has said that 96% of the nearly 100 injured since early July have since returned to duty. On Wednesday, Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of the US service members at Dover airforce base in Delaware. Here’s a look at the four service members who the Pentagon identified this week: Michael Swinton, 30 On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced the death of Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, who officials said was an active-duty soldier who was “supporting overseas operations in Iraq”. The Pentagon said that Swinton was killed in action in northern Iraq over the weekend during the disposal of what the military described on Sunday as a “ downed Iranian one-way attack drone ” at Erbil airbase in Iraq. The incident, which officials described as a “controlled detonation”, is under investigation. The Pentagon said that Swinton was assigned to D battery, 2nd battalion, 55th air defense artillery regiment, 108th air defense artillery brigade at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. His wife, Mia Gonzalez-Swinton, described him in a message to the Guardian as “an amazing man”. “He had an impact on anyone that crossed paths with him,” she said. “He was an amazing father, and amazing leader. He cared and loved hard for everyone in his life.” Swinton leaves behind two children: a four-year-old daughter, and a six-year-old son, she said. The military said that Swinton enlisted in the US army in 2017 as a 14H air defense early warning system operator, and that he reclassified as a 14E patriot fire control enhanced operator/maintainer. View image in fullscreen Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton with his daughter. Photograph: Courtesy Mia Gonzalez-Swinton The US army said that Swinton will be posthumously promoted to staff sergeant. Swinton’s mother, Christel Swinton Andujar, to