History
Kellerman, a Macomb County, 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. After President Kennedy's assassination, Kellerman was promoted, retiring from the Secret Service in 1968 as an assistant administrator. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 22, 1984, of unreported causes.
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