One of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in an "ISIS attack" in Syria has been identified.

Major General Stephen Osborn said five soldiers were attacked by a "lone ISIS gunman" on Saturday, Dec. 13 , he confirmed during a press conference. One non-Iowan U.S. civilian interpreter was also killed in the ambush, while three other Iowa soldiers were injured.

Neither the other slain Iowa National Guard soldier nor the civilian interpreter has been identified.

Slain Iowa soldier was the son of Meskwaki Nation police chief

Meskwaki Nation Police Chief Jeffrey Bunn, in a Facebook post , confirmed his son, Nat e, was one of the two Iowa soldiers killed in Syria on Saturday.

"Our son Nate was one of the soldiers that paid the ultimate sacrifice for all of us, to keep us all safer,"

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