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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Hometown News: Sgt. Dana Edwards

Army Sgt. Dana L. Edwards has returned from deployment in Mosul, Iraq after providing medical care to servicemembers in Multi National Division-North for the past 15 months.

During that time, soldiers from the 86th Combat Support Hospital treated almost 3,000 patients and evacuated almost 300 of them to a higher level of care. They also managed an inpatient care workload that numbered more than 750, including patients from all branches of the armed forces, Department of Defense and Army civilians, American and foreign contractors, local civilians, Iraqi Army and police, and security internees.

The 86th Combat Support Hospital is assigned to the 44th Medical Command and supports the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Edwards, a unit supply specialist, is assigned to Fort Campbell, Ky. He has served in the military for five years.

He is the son of Diana G. Patterson of Live Oak Drive, Haines City, Fla., and brother of Leonard E. Edwards of Jan Drive, Montgomery.

The sergeant is a 2002 graduate of Haines City High School.

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