CASUALTY RECORD // August 6, 1943
Battle of Vella Gulf
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 1,210 estimated
Japan
1,210
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Vella Gulf was fought on the night of 6–7 August 1943 in Vella Gulf, located between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. The engagement was part of the broader Pacific campaign of World War II and resulted in Japanese casualties of 1,210. The battle took place within the contested waters of the southwest Pacific, a theater where control of island passages and resupply routes was central to both Allied and Japanese operational planning during the Solomons campaign.
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