(Radio Iowa) – The military has announced the remains of the two Iowa National Guard soldiers who were killed in Syria on December 13 will be flown to Iowa tomorrow.
A solemn, private ceremony will be held at the Iowa Air National Guard base at the Des Moines airport for the families of 29-year-old Nate Howard of Marshalltown and 25-year-old Edgar Torres-Tovar of Des Moines.
Both soldiers have been posthumously promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Obituaries have been posted online for Howard and Torres-Tovar. Both obituaries indicate the date of funeral services for the two soldiers will be announced later.
