Two National Guard Members K*lled in Syria ISIS Attack Identified

The identities of the two soldiers who were killed in Syria by an ISIS gunman over the weekend have just been released to the public.

Their names are 29-year-old Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and 25-year-old Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar.

It turns out that they were both members of the Iowa National Guard, which was deployed to Syria as part of a counter-ISIS mission.

Nathaniel Howard’s father is the Chief at Meskwaki Nation Police Department in Iowa.

This clip from Fox News has more details:

The two National Guard members who were killed in the ISIS attack in Syria have been identified:

– Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29
– Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25

Rest in peace.
Thank you for your service.

Please pray for their loved ones 🙏🏻
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 15, 2025

Thank you both for your service.

The other American patriot killed in Syria was civilian interpreter Ayad Sakat, an Assyrian Christian who reportedly belonged to Christ the King Syriac Catholic Church.

USA Today has more:

Three servicemembers were also injured in the attack, according to the statement.

Howard’s father, the chief of the Meskwaki Nation Police Department in central Iowa, shared on Facebook that his son was one of the soldiers killed.

“My wife Misty and I had that visit from Army Commanders you never want to have. Our son Nate was one of the Soldiers that paid the ultimate sacrifice for all of us,” Chief Jeffrey Bunn wrote in a post on Dec. 13.

Bunn identified the interpreter killed as Ayad Sakat.

The troops were killed while they were on a “key leader engagement” in Palmyra, a city in central Syria, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on X. “Partner forces” killed the attacker, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on social media.

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The shooter was a member of the country’s security forces who had been investigated and assessed to harbor possible extremist views just days before the attack, according to Syria’s government.

What a terrible loss.

Please pray for all of the victims and their families.

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