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Ron Kovic

This character is both the author and the main character of BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

The Corporal from Georgia

This character is a major character in the book yet he has no lines and we never even learn his name.

Kovic's Battallion

This group ends up slaughtering numerous Vietnamese children unintentionally.

Castiglia

One of Kovic's best childhood friends.

Bobby Zimmer

Kovic's other best childhood friend.

Jimmy

Kovic's physical therapist.

Tommy Law

One of Kovic's childhood friends who he runs into him again after being in the Memorial Day parade when he returned from Vietnam.

Helen

A brief romantic interest of Kovic's.

Skip

Kovic's cousin's husband who got Kovic into the antiwar movement by giving him books to read.

Kenny

One of Kovic's childhood friends who eventually takes him to live in L.A. where Kovic becomes involved in the antiwar movement.

Charlie

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