TWO DEAD IN BLAST HONORED BY SAIGON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400240005-3
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 3, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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TIy'O DEAD IN BLAST
HONORED BY SAIGON
SAIGON, South Vietnam,
Apri.1 1-At the Saigon Airport
chapel Thursday the South
Vietnamese Foreign Minister,
Tran Van Du), pinned medals of
gallantry an~1 honor on the cof
fins of an American woman and+
a Filipino serving in the Navy!
who were killed in the terrorist?
attack on the United Staten
!Embassy Tuesday.
Miss Barbara A. Robbins was
(awarded the Medal of Honor
First Class. The citation
noted that Miss Robbins, who
worked in the office of special
assistant to the United States
Ambassador, arrived in Vietnam
last August.
The award praised her "na-
tive enthusiasm, extensive ex-
perience and specialized knowl-
edge."
Manolito W. Castillo, United
States Navy Storekeeper 2d
(Class, who was killed while do-
ing an errand in the Embassy,
was awarded the Military Merit
Medal and the Cross of Gallan-
try with Palm.
Leading the American repre-
sentatives at the ceremony was
'Deputy Ambassador U. Alexis
Johnson,.
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