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

2008

• Raid Report – August 06, 2008

2011

• A CH-47 Chinook helicopter transporting 30 U.S. soldiers (including 17 Navy SEALs), 1 civilian interpreter and 7 Afghan troops is shot down in Wardak Province by RPG-wielding Taliban insurgents. There were no survivors of the crash. This incident marks the deadliest day for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001.

Casualties on August 06:

• SPEER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES – August 6, 2002
• COLUNGA, ZEFERINO EUSEBIO – August 6, 2003
• GILBERT, KYLE CHARLES – August 6, 2003
• SIMMONS, LEONARD DALE – August 6, 2003
• ABAD, ROBERTO – August 6, 2004
• BUNCH, JOSHUA ISAAC – August 6, 2004
• WELLS, LARRY LLOYD – August 6, 2004
• COMLEY, CHASE JOHNSON – August 6, 2005
• JEFFCOAT, BRAHIM JAMAL – August 6, 2005
• KROUT, KURT ERIC – August 6, 2005
• CLARK, CARLTON ALAN – August 6, 2006
• MELVIN, TRACY LEE – August 6, 2006
• SEALE, STEPHEN ALBERT – August 6, 2006
• ZAMORA, JOSE – August 6, 2006
• ALCANTARA, JUAN MARIEL – August 6, 2007
• GUMMERSALL, NICHOLAS AARON – August 6, 2007
• KHAN, KAREEM RASHAD SULTAN – August 6, 2007
• NEIBERGER, CHRISTOPHER TODD – August 6, 2007
• THOMPSON, JACOB MARTIN – August 6, 2007
• ARGENTINE, JAMES DAVID – August 6, 2009
• BABINE, TRAVIS THORNTON – August 6, 2009
• GUZMAN RIVERA, CHRISTIAN ARMANDO – August 6, 2009
• HOSKINS, JAY MICHAEL – August 6, 2009
• BENNETT, ALEXANDER JAMES – August 6, 2011
• BENSON, DARRIK CARLYLE – August 6, 2011
• BILL, BRIAN ROBERT – August 6, 2011
• BROWN, JOHN WILLIAM – August 6, 2011
• CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE – August 6, 2011
• CARTER, DAVID RUDOLPH – August 6, 2011
• DAY, JARED WILLIAM – August 6, 2011
• DOUANGDARA, JOHN – August 6, 2011
• DUNCAN, SPENCER COLSON – August 6, 2011
• FAAS, JOHN WESTON – August 6, 2011
• HAMBURGER, PATRICK DOUGLAS – August 6, 2011
• HARVELL, ANDREW WILLIAM – August 6, 2011
• HOUSTON, KEVIN ARTHUR – August 6, 2011
• KELSALL, JONAS B – August 6, 2011
• LANGLAIS, LOUIS JAMES – August 6, 2011
• MASON, MATTHEW DAVID – August 6, 2011
• MILLS, STEPHEN MATTHEW – August 6, 2011
• NICHOLS, BRYAN JOSEPH – August 6, 2011
• NULL, NICHOLAS HEATH – August 6, 2011
• PATRON, DANIEL JAMES – August 6, 2011
• PITTMAN, JESSE DARYL – August 6, 2011
• RATZLAFF, THOMAS ARTHUR – August 6, 2011
• REEVES, ROBERT JAMES – August 6, 2011
• ROBINSON, HEATH MICHAEL – August 6, 2011
• SPEHAR, NICHOLAS PATRICK – August 6, 2011
• STRANGE, MICHAEL JOSEPH – August 6, 2011
• TUMILSON, JON THOMAS – August 6, 2011
• VAUGHN, AARON CARSON – August 6, 2011
• VICKERS, KRAIG MICHAEL KALEOLANI – August 6, 2011
• WORKMAN, JASON RAY – August 6, 2011
• ZERBE, DANIEL LEE – August 6, 2011
• LINNABARY, DANIEL LEE II – August 6, 2012
• WELCH, NICKOLAS SHANE – August 6, 2013