Battle of Ap Bia Mountain information
for 3 BDE 101 ABN
1/187 INF
For date 690520
3 BDE 101 ABN was a US Army unit
1/187 INF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation APACHE SNOW
South Vietnam
Location, A Shau Valley
Description: On D+9 of the Battle for Ap Bia Mountain, after an intensive cannon and ARA bombardment, all four Allied Inf Bns (the 1/187th, 1/506th, and 2/501st plus an ARVN Bn from the 3rd ARVN Regt) attached and the NVA were driven off the mountain.
The source for this information was Rise & Fall P:285+
Rise & Fall = The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1963 - 1973 by Shelby Stanton.
Additional information is available on CD-ROM.
Please send additions or corrections to: Gary Roush Email address: webmaster@vhpa.org
Return to panel index
Return to Helicopter Pilot KIA index
Return to VHPA Home Page
Copyright © 1998 - 2023 Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
Date posted on this site:
05/13/2023