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American activist and writer (born 1946)

Ronald Lawrence Kovic (born July 4, 1946)^[1] is an American anti-war activist, author, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War.

His best selling 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July was made into the film of the same name which starred actor Tom Cruise as Kovic, and was co-written by Kovic and directed by Oliver Stone.^[2]

Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20, 1990, 22 years to the day that he was wounded in Vietnam, and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.^[3]

Early life

Kovic was born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, the second of six children^[1] of Patricia Ann Lamb (January 6, 1923 – June 30, 2006) and Eli Thomas Kovic (August 3, 1920 – May 1, 1999).^[4] Eli Thomas Kovic met Lamb while serving in the Navy during the Second World War after both enlisted shortly after the 194