Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and 29-year-old Sgt William Nathaniel Howard were remembered as dedicated soldiers
The two Iowa national guard members killed in a weekend attack in Syria that the US military blamed on the Islamic State (IS) group were identified on Monday and remembered as dedicated soldiers.
The US army named them as Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown.
The Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, has said a US civilian working as an interpreter was also killed. Three other Guard members were wounded in the attack, the Iowa national guard said on Monday, with two of them in stable condition and the other in good condition.
The Iowa governor, Kim Reynolds, ordered all flags in the state to fly at half-staff in their honor, saying: “We are grateful for their service and deeply mourn their loss.”
