The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2004
- End of Operation Tiger Care in Iraq
2005
- Fourteen Marine reservists and a civilian interpreter were killed in Haditha, Iraq, when the amphibious assault vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a roadside bomb. Two days earlier, six other Marines were killed near the same city by enemy gunfire. Nineteen of the 20 killed in those two days were from the same Ohio-based unit, 3d Battalion, 25th Marines.
- Operation Quick Strike, in Iraq.
- End of Battle of Haditha in Iraq
2007
- End of Operation Desert Snowplough in Iraq
2008
Casualties on August 03:
- KING, TRESSE ZANETTE – August 3, 2021
- GRAY, TOMMY LEE – August 3, 2004
- RATZLAFF, GREGORY ALM – August 3, 2004
- SHONDEE, HARRY NELSON JR – August 3, 2004
- BELL, TIMOTHY MICHAEL JR – August 3, 2005
- BERNHOLTZ, ERIC JAMES – August 3, 2005
- BLOEM, NICHOLAS WILLIAM BAART – August 3, 2005
- CIFUENTES, MICHAEL JOSEPH – August 3, 2005
- DYER, CHRISTOPHER JENKINS – August 3, 2005
- FRASER, GRANT BRUCE – August 3, 2005
- GANEY, JERRY LEWIS JR – August 3, 2005
- GIBBS, MATHEW VINCENT – August 3, 2005
- HARPER, BRADLEY JARED – August 3, 2005
- HOFFMAN, JUSTIN FENTON – August 3, 2005
- KREUTER, DAVID KENNETH JOHN – August 3, 2005
- REED, AARON HOWARD – August 3, 2005
- SCHROEDER, EDWARD AUGUST II – August 3, 2005
- STEWART, DAVID STEPHEN – August 3, 2005
- STRAIN, ADAM JAMES – August 3, 2005
- WARREN, CHARLES HOUGHTON – August 3, 2005
- WARUINGE, KEVIN GACHAU – August 3, 2005
- WIGHTMAN, WILLIAM BRETT – August 3, 2005
- SUPLEE, DANIEL ADRIAN – August 3, 2006
- DECHEN, KURT E – August 3, 2006
- ULLOA, GEORGE MARTINEZ JR – August 3, 2006
- GONZALEZ, JAIME JR – August 3, 2008
- SCHMIDT, RONALD ANDREW – August 3, 2008
- BAKER, CODY GLEN – August 3, 2011
- MORALESDELVALLE, GIL ISAI – August 3, 2011
- RAI, BARUN – August 3, 2011
- GASS, GIRARD DAVID JR – August 3, 2014