Paula Loyd

Paula Loyd was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas and lived in Alamo Heights. She attended Cambridge Elementary, where her father attended elementary school, junior high, and started high school in Alamo Heights before moving to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. She attended Antilles High School for two years and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut.

Paula holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and Spanish from Wellesley College. She received a Master of Science in Foreign Service degree in Foreign Policy and International Security from Georgetown University, as well as a Certificate in Refugee and Humanitarian Studies.

Following college, she served a four year term in the US Army and a four year term in the US Army Reserve Program. While serving in the Reserve Program she became involved with humanitarian work programs in Afghanistan, and for several years after with the United States Agency for International Development, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations.

Paula served as a Field Program Officer for USAID in Zabul Province, where she worked closely with the United Nations, U.S. military, local Government officials and tribal elders on a number of humanitarian and development projects.

Paula passed away in the Brook Army Medical Center. Her death occurred as result of the injuries sustained while serving humanitarian causes in Afghanistan.

She is survived by her parents, Patricia L. Ward and husband, Terence, Paul B. Loyd Sr. and wife, Annabelle; fianc, Frank Muggeo; brothers, Paul B. Loyd Jr., and wife, Penny, William M. Loyd and wife, Stephanie; sisters, Kathryn Machuga and husband, Bill, Polly Lines and husband, Marcus; uncle, John F. Loyd; nieces, Christie A. Loyd and Perry A. Lines; nephews, Kelly W. Loyd and wife, Shawnna, Casey A. Loyd, William M. Loyd, Patrick G. Loyd, and Harrison W. Lines.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in the name of Paula Loyd to the Moonlight Fund, 405 Johns Road, Boerne, Texas 78006, www.moonlightfund.org.