The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.

2003

• Truck bomb explodes in the United Nations (UN) compound, killing Chief UN Envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and leading to the evacuation of most UN workers from Iraq.

2004

• Operation Wolverine in Iraq

2008

• The civilian trial for former Marine Sgt Jose Nazario, Jr., in the death of unarmed Iraqi detainees in Fallujah, Iraq, in November 2004, began. The trial marked the first time a little-known federal law had been used to prosecute a former Marine or soldier for actions during combat. Former Sgt Nazario was the first of three Marines to go on trial in connection with the case.
• Raid Report – August 19, 2008

Casualties on August 19:

• MCCORMICK, BRAD PRESTON – August 19, 2004
• DRAWL, ROBERT EUGENE JR – August 19, 2006
• JACKSON, WAKKUNA ALMIRA – August 19, 2006
• SERVAIS, ADAM PETER – August 19, 2006
• SITTON, CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN – August 19, 2006
• QUICK, MARQUEES ANTWON – August 19, 2006
• FIELDER, MICHAEL SHEAN – August 19, 2007
• STANCIEL, GEORGE – August 19, 2008
• DUMONT, PAUL EDMOND JR – August 19, 2009
• TOM, TROY ORION – August 19, 2009
• VANOSDOL, WILLIAM ZACHARY – August 19, 2009
• BOYD, CHRISTOPHER JOHN – August 19, 2010
• LUGO, MARTIN ANTHONY – August 19, 2010
• WRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER SHANE – August 19, 2010
• CORDO, DOUGLAS LEONARD – August 19, 2011
• DEBOSE, COATER BERNARD – August 19, 2012