The two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in an ambush by a lone gunman in Syria have been identified, the U.S. Army said Monday. A civil interpreter also died.

A gunman who ambushed U.S. and Syrian soldiers, killing two American troops and a civilian interpreter near Palmyra Saturday, is thought to have been an Islamic State infiltrator…

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Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, were killed by a \

The two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in an ambush by a lone gunman in Syria have been identified, the U.S. Army said Monday. A civil interpreter also died.

Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and 29-year-old Sgt William Nathaniel Howard were remembered as dedicated soldiers