Roy Kellerman

Roy Kellerman
The Presidential limousine shortly before Kennedy's assassination. Kellerman was in the front passenger seat of the car
Born	Roy Herman Kellerman (1915-03-14)March 14, 1915 Macomb County, Michigan, U.S.
Died	March 22, 1984(1984-03-22) (aged 69) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Memorial Park Cemetery St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.

Roy Herman Kellerman (March 14, 1915 – March 22, 1984) was a U.S. Secret Service Agent assigned to protect President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963. In his reports, later testimony and interviews, Kellerman outlines in detail his role in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, controlling key evidence of the crime and guiding doctors during the official autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Kellerman, a New Baltimore, Michigan native, graduated from high school in 1933 and worked for the Dodge division of Chrysler sporadically from 1935 until 1937 when he was sworn in as a trooper for the Michigan State Police. Kellerman joined the Secret Service in Detroit just before Christmas 1941, transferring temporarily to the White House detail in March 1942 and permanently one month later. In 1965, Kellerman was promoted to "deputy special agent in charge", replacing Floyd Boring. He retired from the Secret Service in 1968 as an assistant administrator.

Kellerman died in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 22, 1984.

As the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of November 22, 1963, Shift Team #3, Kellerman was riding in the front passenger seat of the presidential limousine. The driver was Secret Service Agent William Greer. Like all Secret Service agents assigned to protect the President of the United States, Kellerman was trained to use his own body as a shield, taking a bullet if necessary in the line of duty.

Kellerman, along with Secret Service agents William Greer, Clint Hill, and Rufus Youngblood, provided testimony to the Warren Commission in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 1964.