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Cabinet members, federal agents, others attend funeral for Clint Hill

Hill was born in North Dakota. He was 93 when he died in February

April 8, 2025

Jim Monk,

Funeral for Clint Hill 4/8/2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) – Presidential cabinet members and the law enforcement community attended the funeral for former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday. Hill grew up in Washburn, North Dakota, attended Concordia College in Moorhead and served in the Army before joining the Secret Service. Television host Mike Rowe, a close…

Funeral for Clint Hill will be at Washington National Cathedral

April 1, 2025

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – The funeral for former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, the North Dakota native who witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, will be held at Washington National Cathedral on April 8. Hill was 93 when he died on Feb. 21. Hill was in the presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas in November, 1963. An iconic photo shows Hill…

North Dakota native Clint Hill, Secret Service agent who leaped onto car during JFK assassination, dies at 93

February 24, 2025

KVRR Staff,

BELVEDERE, Calif. (AP) — Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of President John F. Kennedy’s limousine after the president was shot, then was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination, has died. He was 93. Hill died Friday at his home in Belvedere, California, according to his publisher, Gallery…

Secret Service agent Clint Hill writes about travels with Jacqueline Kennedy

October 30, 2022

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – A Washburn, North Dakota native who was part of President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service detail has a new book and a story that’s never been told. Retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill was in the presidential motorcade when Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, in November, 1963. The book, entitled “My Travels With Mrs. Kennedy,” was inspired…

Secret Service Agent To Receive Rough Rider Award

Hill is perhaps best known for being in the motorcade when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963.

October 5, 2018

Site Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Former Secret Service agent and author Clint Hill is the 44th recipient of North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, the state’s highest commendation. Hill is perhaps best known for being in the motorcade when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. He is the agent famously seen in movies and photos jumping on the…