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

2004

• This date marked the third year for Operation Enduring Freedom. Three days later, the people of Afghanistan voted in massive numbers in the country’s first democratic election.
• Start of Operation Bulldog in Iraq

2005

• End of Operation Iron Fist (Kabda Bil Hadid) in Iraq

2007

• Operation Eagle Shiloh III in Iraq

Casualties on October 06:

• KAROL, SPENCER TIMOTHY – October 6, 2003
• SCOTT, KERRY DAVID – October 6, 2003
• TORRES, RICHARD – October 6, 2003
• CAWVEY, JESSICA LYNN – October 6, 2004
• KIM, JEUNGJIN – October 6, 2004
• CABINO, SHAYNE MATTHEW – October 6, 2005
• CHERAVA, NICHOLAS ORESTI – October 6, 2005
• FRYE, JASON LEE – October 6, 2005
• KENNY, PATRICK BRIAN – October 6, 2005
• MCVICKER, DANIEL MORGAN – October 6, 2005
• RAINES, CARL LEX II – October 6, 2005
• ROBINSON, JEREMIAH WAYNE – October 6, 2005
• ARVANITIS, NICHOLAS ALEXANDER – October 6, 2006
• HALE, JOHN EDWARD – October 6, 2006
• PAYNE, BRADFORD HOWARD – October 6, 2006
• QUINN, ADAM DAVID – October 6, 2007
• MEZA, GILBERTO ALEXANDER – October 6, 2007
• HERVAS, TAD THOMAS – October 6, 2009
• LYNCH, SCOTT ALBERT – October 6, 2010
• SOCKALOSKY, STEPHEN COTY – October 6, 2010
• SCHMIDT, BENJAMIN WHETSTONE – October 6, 2011
• MARQUEZ, JUSTIN CAMERON – October 6, 2012
• SCHIRO, JOSEPH LEE – October 6, 2012
• HAWKINS, PATRICK CHRISTOPHER – October 6, 2013
• MORENO, JENNIFER MADAI – October 6, 2013
• PATTERSON, CODY JAMES – October 6, 2013
• PETERS, JOSEPH MICHAEL – October 6, 2013