Which 1969 battle is known as the Battle of Hamburger Hill?

The Battle of Dong Ap Bia is the 1969 battle known as the Battle of Hamburger Hill.

The fighting took place from May 13 to May 20, 1969, on Ap Bia Mountain in South Vietnam’s A Shau Valley near the Laotian border. U.S. Army and South Vietnamese forces attacked heavily fortified People’s Army of Vietnam positions on a summit listed on American maps as Hill 937. The U.S. 101st Airborne Division led the assault during Operation Apache Snow.

The nickname “Hamburger Hill” reportedly reflected the brutal, repeated assaults up steep jungle terrain and the heavy casualties. Although U.S. forces captured the summit, they soon abandoned it because the hill had little lasting strategic value. That decision intensified criticism of attritional operations and the practice of taking ground that commanders did not intend to hold.

The battle is also called the Battle of Ap Bia Mountain or Hill 937. “Battle of Dong Ap Bia” identifies the same engagement, not a separate battle from Hamburger Hill.