Iowa National Guardsmen identified as two killed in Syria

The Army connected Monday announced the names of the 2 Iowa National Guard soldiers killed successful an Islamic State ambush successful Syria over the weekend. Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, died Saturday successful Palmyra, Syria, “of injuries sustained portion engaged with hostile forces,” according to…