The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2003
- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced that major combat activity had come to an end in Afghanistan. He stated that the focus would move into stabilization and reconstruction activities and that the military would stay involved in the efforts.
- Husam Muhammad Amin captured. He was the 6 of Clubs in Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Playing Cards.
Casualties on April 27:
- PENAMEDINA, ABRAHAM JAVIER – April 27, 2004
- TREMBLAY, JOSEPH STEVEN – April 27, 2005
- MENDEZ, BOBBY – April 27, 2006
- WALL, MARK ADAM – April 27, 2006
- WEBBER, MATTHEW ALAN – April 27, 2006
- MEHRINGER, DANIEL FREDERICK – April 27, 2007
- THOMAS, MICHAEL DUANE – April 27, 2007
- KIRKPATRICK, DAVID AUSTIN – April 27, 2007
- RIEHL, NICHOLAS EMERSON – April 27, 2007
- TAMEZ, EDDIE DANIEL – April 27, 2007
- DIX, WILLIAM TIMOTHY – April 27, 2008
- KENNEDY, NATHAN PATRICK – April 27, 2010
- COE, KEITH ADAM – April 27, 2010
- MAGEE, ANTHONY O’NEAL – April 27, 2010
- AMBARD, PHILIP DAVE – April 27, 2011
- AUSBORN, JEFFREY ONIAL – April 27, 2011
- BRODEUR, DAVID LAWRENCE – April 27, 2011
- BROWN, TARA RENIECE – April 27, 2011
- BRYANT, FRANK DIEHL JR – April 27, 2011
- ESTELLE, RAYMOND GRAY II – April 27, 2011
- JONES, ADAM DOUGLAS – April 27, 2011
- NYLANDER, NATHAN JAY – April 27, 2011
- RANSOM, CHARLES ANTHONY – April 27, 2011
- VILLANUEVA, JONATHAN MICHAEL – April 27, 2011
- LARA, ANDREW EVAN – April 27, 2011
- CYR, BRANDON LEE – April 27, 2013
- DICKSON, RICHARD ANDREW – April 27, 2013
- FANNIN, DANIEL NEIL – April 27, 2013
- NISHIZUKA, REID KIJIRO – April 27, 2013
- RODGERS, JOSHUA PATRICK – April 27, 2017
- THOMAS, CAMERON HARRISON – April 27, 2017