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Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard

Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard

Iowa National Guard, posthumously promoted

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ISIS strikes back after Assad's fall

Force in Play

Killed in action, December 13, 2025

A lone ISIS gunman killed two Iowa National Guardsmen and a civilian interpreter in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13, 2025β€”the first American combat deaths since Bashar al-Assad fled the country a year earlier. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded with Operation Hawkeye Strike.

Updated 3 hours ago