- He was an eyewitness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was sitting in the front passenger seat of Kennedy's limousine, next to the driver.
His crypt is in the outside south wall of the mausoleum.
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.[1] He retired from the Secret Service in 1968 as an assistant administrator.
Kellerman died in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 22, 1984, eight days after his 69th birthday.
- He was an eyewitness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was sitting in the front passenger seat of Kennedy's limousine, next to the driver.
His crypt is in the outside south wall of the mausoleum.
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.[1] He retired from the Secret Service in 1968 as an assistant administrator.
Kellerman died in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 22, 1984, eight days after his 69th birthday.
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