U.S. Army identifies 2 Iowa Guard soldiers killed in Syria
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The Iowa National Guard released the names of two US soldiers killed in a December 13 attack in Syria. “The deceased soldiers are Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29 of Marshalltown, Iowa and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25 of Des Moines, Iowa. Both were members of the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment,” the Guard noted.
President Donald Trump declared in his first term that the Islamic State group was defeated and that U.S. troops would leave Syria. This weekend, a gunman linked to the Islamic State group killed two Iowa National Guardsmen and an American translator in Syria.