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Senate
Resolution
101
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
101
BY
KLIMESH
,
ALONS
,
BENNETT
,
BISIGNANO
,
BLAKE
,
BOUSSELOT
,
CAMPBELL
,
COSTELLO
,
DAWSON
,
DICKEY
,
DONAHUE
,
DOTZLER
,
DREY
,
DRISCOLL
,
EVANS
,
GARRETT
,
GREEN
,
GRUENHAGEN
,
GUTH
,
HARDMAN
,
KNOX
,
KOELKER
,
KRAAYENBRINK
,
LOFGREN
,
McCLINTOCK
,
PETERSEN
,
PIKE
,
QUIRMBACH
,
REICHMAN
,
ROWLEY
,
ROZENBOOM
,
SALMON
,
SCHULTZ
,
SHIPLEY
,
SINCLAIR
,
SIRES
,
STAED
,
SWEENEY
,
TAYLOR
,
TOWNSEND
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
WAHLS
,
WARME
,
WEBSTER
,
WEINER
,
WESTRICH
,
WHITVER
,
WINCKLER
,
ZIMMER
,
and
ZUMBACH
A
Resolution
honoring
Staff
Sergeant
William
Nathaniel
1
Howard,
Staff
Sergeant
Edgar
Brian
Torres-Tovar,
and
2
their
families.
3
WHEREAS,
approximately
1,800
Iowa
Army
National
4
Guard
soldiers
from
the
2nd
Brigade
Combat
Team,
34th
5
Infantry
Division,
were
deployed
to
the
Middle
East
in
6
May
2025
as
part
of
a
coalition
fighting
ISIS
with
up
7
to
250
of
these
soldiers
deployed
in
Syria;
and
8
WHEREAS,
Staff
Sergeant
Edgar
Brian
Torres-Tovar
and
9
Staff
Sergeant
William
Nathaniel
Howard,
of
the
1st
10
Squadron,
113th
Cavalry
Regiment,
2nd
Brigade
Combat
11
Team,
34th
Infantry
Division,
were
killed
in
action
12
in
an
enemy
attack
on
Saturday,
December
13,
2025,
in
13
Palmyra,
Syria,
and
three
other
members
of
the
Iowa
14
National
Guard,
whose
names
have
not
been
released
15
due
to
Department
of
Defense
military
medical
privacy
16
policies,
were
wounded
in
the
attack;
and
17
WHEREAS,
Staff
Sergeant
William
Nathaniel
Howard
was
18
inspired
by
his
grandfather’s
service
to
join
the
Iowa
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National
Guard;
and
1
WHEREAS,
Staff
Sergeant
Edgar
Brian
Torres-Tovar
was
2
inspired
to
serve
his
country
at
an
early
age;
and
3
WHEREAS,
Staff
Sergeant
William
Nathaniel
Howard
4
completed
basic
training
and
advanced
individual
5
training
at
Fort
Benning
in
Georgia
after
graduating
6
from
Marshalltown
High
School
in
2014,
served
his
7
country
for
11
years
in
the
Iowa
Army
National
Guard,
8
and
is
remembered
for
his
commitment
to
excellence,
9
his
humor,
and
his
ability
to
bring
out
the
best
in
10
others;
and
11
WHEREAS,
Staff
Sergeant
Edgar
Brian
Torres-Tovar
12
enlisted
in
the
United
States
Army
upon
graduating
13
from
Dowling
Catholic
High
School
in
2019,
served
his
14
country
for
six
years
in
the
Iowa
Army
National
Guard,
15
including
serving
deployments
in
Kosovo
and
Kuwait
16
before
being
deployed
to
Syria,
and
is
remembered
for
17
his
smile
and
as
an
exemplary
person,
a
family
man,
18
and
a
source
of
pride
for
his
parents,
siblings,
and
19
extended
family;
and
20
WHEREAS,
Staff
Sergeant
William
Nathaniel
Howard
21
is
survived
by
his
beloved
wife,
Arianna
Howard;
22
his
father,
Brian,
and
his
father’s
wife,
Andrea;
23
his
mother,
Misty
Bunn,
and
his
mother’s
husband,
24
Jeff;
his
brother,
Staff
Sergeant
James
Roelsgard;
25
stepbrothers,
Josh
Bunn
and
his
wife,
Modestie,
and
26
Travis
Bunn;
as
well
as
his
grandparents,
William
27
Eugene
and
Pat
Neville,
Vicki
Brindle,
and
Martin
and
28
Ruth
Roelsgard;
and
29
WHEREAS,
Staff
Sergeant
Edgar
Brian
Torres-Tovar
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is
survived
by
his
parents,
Hugo
Torres
and
Isabel
1
Tovar;
brothers,
Samuel
Torres
and
Daniel
Torres;
2
sister,
Krystal
Torres,
and
her
children,
Castiel
and
3
Christopher;
paternal
grandparents,
Jose
Torres
and
4
Rita
Garcia;
girlfriend,
Yareli
Duran;
and
numerous
5
aunts,
uncles,
and
cousins;
and
6
WHEREAS,
both
were
posthumously
promoted
to
staff
7
sergeant
in
recognition
of
their
sacrifice
and
service,
8
and
are
heroes
who
paid
the
ultimate
sacrifice
and
will
9
forever
be
remembered
as
exemplary
members
of
the
Iowa
10
National
Guard;
NOW
THEREFORE,
11
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
pays
12
respect
to
and
honors
the
lives
of
and
the
ultimate
13
sacrifice
paid
by
staff
sergeants
William
Nathaniel
14
Howard
and
Edgar
Brian
Torres-Tovar;
and
15
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
recognizes
16
the
sacrifice
of
the
three
Iowa
National
Guard
soldiers
17
injured
in
the
December
13
attack
in
Palmyra,
Syria,
18
and
thanks
them
for
their
service
in
protecting
19
freedom;
and
20
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
authorizes
21
and
directs
a
copy
of
this
resolution
be
sent
to
the
22
families
of
staff
sergeants
Edgar
Brian
Torres-Tovar
23
and
William
Nathaniel
Howard
in
recognition
of
their
24
service
to
their
country
and
of
the
great
sacrifices
25
made
by
the
families
of
Staff
Sergeant
William
26
Nathaniel
Howard
and
Staff
Sergeant
Edgar
Brian
27
Torres-Tovar.
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