Clint Hill (Secret Service)

Clint Hill
Hill at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Born	Clinton J. Hill (1932-01-04) January 4, 1932 (age 85) Larimore, North Dakota, U.S.
Occupation	Secret Service Agent
Children	2

Clinton J. "Clint" Hill (born January 4, 1932) is a former United States Secret Service agent who was in the presidential motorcade during the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

During the assassination, Hill ran from the car immediately behind the presidential limousine, leaped on to the back of it and shielded Mrs. Kennedy and the already stricken president with his body as the car raced to Parkland Memorial Hospital. This action was documented in the Zapruder film. Hill is the last surviving passenger of the presidential limousine that arrived at Parkland Hospital.

Hill was born in Larimore, North Dakota, to a Norwegian mother, Alma Pettersen. His birth parents homesteaded near Roseglen. At three months of age, he was placed in an orphanage in Fargo, where he was adopted by another Norwegian family in Chris and Jennie Hill of Fargo. Originally named "Haugen", the family later changed its name to the English version of the name; "Haugen" means "the hill" in Norwegian. Hill's new family took him to Washburn, where he eventually graduated from Washburn High School. He also attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he played football, studied history, and graduated in 1954. After college, Hill joined the Army and became a Counterintelligence (CI) Special Agent where he served until 1957. After the Army, Hill joined the Secret Service and was assigned to the Denver Secret Service office. In 1958, Hill served on the detail for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. After John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States, Hill was assigned to protect the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy.