Battle of Hamburger Hill Vietnam. U.S. losses during the ten-day battle totaled 72 killed and 372 wounded. To take the position, the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) eventually committed five infantry battalions and ten batteries of artillery. In addition, the U.S. Air Force flew 272 missions and expended more than 500 tons of ordnance. U.S. estimates of the losses incurred by the PAVN 7th and 8th Battalions of the 29th Regiment included 630 dead (bodies discovered on and around the battlefield); including many found in makeshift mortuaries within the tunnel complex. There is no count of the PAVN running off the mountain, those killed by
Battle of Scimitar Hill campaign until the evacuation on 20 December. In one day of fighting the British suffered 5,300 casualties out of the 14,300 soldiers who participated. The only two Victoria Crosses awarded at Suvla were made for rescuing of wounded at Scimitar Hill, one on 9 August by Captain Percy Hansen and the other following the 21 August battle by Private Frederick Potts. Battle of Scimitar Hill The Battle of Scimitar Hill (Turkish: Yusufçuk Tepe Muharebesi, literally: "Batte of the Dragonfly Hill") was the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. It