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

2003

• Iraqi resistance in Baghdad collapsed and U.S forces occupied the remainder of the capital. Marines assisted Iraqi civilians in toppling a large statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Firdaus Square.
• American troops occupy Baghdad.

Casualties on April 09:

• AYON, ERIC ALONSO – April 9, 2004
• DELGRECO, FELIX MARIO JR – April 9, 2004
• ENOS, PETER GERALD – April 9, 2004
• GOODRICH, GREGORY RONALD – April 9, 2004
• JONES, RAYMOND EDISON JR – April 9, 2004
• KEPHART, JONATHAN ROY – April 9, 2004
• MALLET, TOBY WAYNE – April 9, 2004
• MATULA, MATTHEW EDWARD – April 9, 2004
• MCMAHAN, DON STEVEN – April 9, 2004
• PHELPS, CHANCE RUSSELL – April 9, 2004
• SPEER, MICHAEL RAYMOND – April 9, 2004
• TORREZ, ELIAS III – April 9, 2004
• VANDAYBURG, ALLEN JEFFREY – April 9, 2004
• LAWARE, CASEY MICHAEL – April 9, 2005
• COLLINS, DAVID SAMUEL – April 9, 2006
• LOVE, JOSEPH ISIAIAH – April 9, 2006
• ROGERS, GREGORY SCOTT – April 9, 2006
• HOLDEN, BRIAN LEE – April 9, 2007
• SOLORIO, ISMAEL GALVIN – April 9, 2007
• SPOHN, CLIFFORD ADAMS III – April 9, 2007
• WALTON, BRETT ANDRE – April 9, 2007
• AULT, JESSE ADAM – April 9, 2008
• CAPRA, ANTHONY LOUIS – April 9, 2008
• HUGHES, JEREMIAH CHAIM – April 9, 2008
• FAIRBANKS, JACOB JOHN – April 9, 2008
• TOUSHA, SHAUN PAUL – April 9, 2008
• DURKIN, SEAN MICHAEL – April 9, 2010
• JANKIEWICZ, MICHAEL DOUGLAS – April 9, 2010
• LACKEY, JAMES BERTRAND – April 9, 2010
• VOAS, RANDELL DUNTON – April 9, 2010
• RUFFNER, MATTHEW PAUL – April 9, 2013
• YODER, JARETT MICHAEL – April 9, 2013