 The total number of PAVN/VC casualties is unknown, but the U.S. military claimed to have killed roughly 345 enemy soldiers.In July 1970, troops from the 196th Infantry Brigade reoccupied Khâm Đức as part of Operation Elk Canyon I and II to disrupt the PAVN logistics system in Quảng Tín Province and forestall a PAVN offensive in the autumn and winter.While they occupied Khâm Đức U.S. forces conducted searches for the remains of the Americans missing in the battle two years earlier.