Who was Roy Kellerman?
ROY Kellerman was in the front passenger seat of the car carrying US President John F Kennedy when he was shot and killed in 1963.
Here, we look at his role on the day, and his career after the death of Kennedy.
Who was Roy Kellerman?
Roy Kellerman was a US Secret Service senior agent who was assigned to protect United States President John F Kennedy when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
He was born on March 14, 1915, in Macomb County, Michigan.
Kellerman was in the front passenger seat of the open top Lincoln Continental limousine which was carrying the President and the First Lady, Jackie Kennedy.
Kellerman maintained his composure immediately after Kennedy’s assassination, managing events as they continued to develop.
He testified that he played a role in the autopsy at Bethesda, including guiding the doctors toward specific conclusions regarding bullet locations.
Kellerman along with three other secret service agents were brought in front of the Warren commission in 1964.
He said he heard what sounded like a firecracker, followed by two more gunshots that he didn’t see.
These were the two shots that hit Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connolly.
He further testified to the Warren Commission that the assassination then ended in a “flurry of shells” coming into the limousine.
The House Select Committee on Assassinations declared in 1979 that President Kennedy did not receive adequate protection in Dallas.
When did Roy Kellerman die?
Kellerman died aged 69 on March 22, 1984, in Florida.
He retired from the Secret Service in 1968, his last role being as an assistant administrator.
What happened to John F. Kennedy?
Kennedy was shot dead whilst on a political trip in Dallas.
He was taken to Parkland Hospital for emergency medical treatment, where he was pronounced dead 30 minutes later, at 1pm.
The former Senator of Massachusetts was 46 years old and had been in office for 1,036 days at his time of death.
He is the eighth and most recent American President to have died whilst in office.
No one knows for sure who killed JFK but the official version is that the culprit was Lee Harvey Oswald.