
The first female employee (and youngest) to be killed in action in the CIA's history and the first American woman killed in the Vietnam War
Barbara Robbins (* 26. July 1943 in South Dakota; † 30. March 1965 in Ho Chi Minh City) was a the first female employee (and youngest) to be killed in action in the CIA's history and the first American woman killed in the Vietnam War. She was 21 years old. She studied at Colorado State University. She worked at Central Intelligence Agency.