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

2003

• Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur captured. He was the 4 of Hearts in Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Playing Cards.

2008

• The historic deployment of the Marine Corps’ first operational MV-22 Osprey squadron came to an end as the main body of Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263) returned home to MCAS New River, North Carolina. The squadron spent seven months operating out of the Al Asad Air Base and was replaced by VMM-162.

Casualties on April 19:

• PFISTER, JACOB MATTHEW – April 19, 2005
• WESSEL, KEVIN SCOTT KANA – April 19, 2005
• SETTLE, ROBERT JASON – April 19, 2006
• TINNELL, PATRICK ALLAN – April 19, 2006
• MOORE, DWAYNE LAWRENCE – April 19, 2007
• BARRETT, ROBERT JOHN – April 19, 2010
• ANTONIO, CHARLIE CABAY – April 19, 2010
• KIHM, JOHN FRANCIS – April 19, 2011
• HILL, MICAH AARON – April 19, 2011
• JOHNSON, NICHOLAS SCOTT – April 19, 2012
• SHAFFER, DEAN RUSSELL – April 19, 2012
• VIRAY, DON CAYETANO – April 19, 2012
• WORKMAN, CHRIS JOHN – April 19, 2012
• MILLER, ALBERT JOSEPH – April 19, 2019