Family identifies Summerville man as US contractor killed in Syria

Family identifies Summerville man as US contractor killed in Syria

A Summerville family is remembering a U.S. contractor who was killed in a drone attack last month at a coalition base in northeastern Syria.

Family says Summerville man was US contractor killed in Syrian drone strike

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) - The family of a Summerville man has identified him as the United States contractor killed in a March 23 Syrian drone strike. According to his family, Scott Dubis (53) was the U.S. contractor killed on a Coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria. The Department of Defense (DoD) said "a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle" believed to be of Iranian origin struck a maintenance facility shortly before 1:40 p.m. local ti…