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Jack Walsh, 79, Secret Service agent who guarded JFK’s family

By Bryan Marquard

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 31, 2012

Jack Walsh was a relatively new Secret Service agent when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and he soon was assigned to protect Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, Caroline and John Jr. “Those were difficult times,’’ said Jim Christian, retired special agent in charge with the Secret Service. “The nation was in morning, she was probably the most important person in the United States, and the country pretty much adopted the children.’’ Mr. Walsh also coordinated security for Pope John Paul II’s 1979 visit to Boston.

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