List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (U)

The

These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany in the final days of World War II in Europe left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.^[4]

Listed here are the 32 Knight's Cross recipients whose last name starts with "U".^[5] Scherzer has challenged the validity of one listing.^[6] The recipients are ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate

  This along with the + (plus) indicates that a higher grade of Knight's Cross was awarded as well.
  This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded

posthumously

.
  This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that author Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Name	Service	Rank	Role and unit[Note 2]	Date of award	Notes	Image
Kurt Ubben+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[12]	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 77[12][13]	4 September 1941[12]	Awarded 80th Oak Leaves 12 March 1942[12]	—
Otto Ude	Heer	10-HOberwachtmeister[12]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Radfahr-Abteilung 30[12][13]	15 January 1943[12]	—	—
Dr.-Ing. h.c. Ernst Udet	Luftwaffe	20-LGeneral der Flieger[12]	Generalluftzeugmeister im OKL[13][Note 3]	4 July 1940[12]	—
Klaus Uebe	Luftwaffe	18-LGeneralmajor[12]	Chief of the general staff of Luftflotte 2[13][Note 4]	9 June 1944[12]	—	—
Friedrich Überschaar	Heer	14-HHauptmann[12]	Leader of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91[12][13]	9 December 1944[12]	—	—
Eugen Ueltzhöfer	Heer	03-HGefreiter[12]	Driver in the 3./Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment 5 (motorized) in the fortress Schneidemühl[12][13]	12 February 1945[12]	—	—
Hans Uhde	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[12]	Leader of the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 424[12][14]	15 January 1943[12]	—	—
[Dr.] Hans Uhl[Note 5]	Heer	14-HHauptmann[12]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 430[12][14]	22 January 1943[12]	—	—
Rudolf Uhl	Heer	12-HLeutnant[12]	Adjudant of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 141[12][14]	5 November 1944[12]	—	—
Alexander Uhlig	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel of the Reserves[15]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 16./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6[14][15]	29 October 1944[15]	—	—
[Dr.] Gottfried Uhlig[Note 5]	Heer	14-HHauptmann[15]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 43[14][15]	26 November 1944[15]	—	—
Martin Uhlig	Heer	14-HHauptmann[15]	Commander of schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 88[14][15]	11 March 1945[15]	—	—
Franz Uhren	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[15]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment 366[14][15]	28 October 1944[15]	—	—
Max Ulich	Heer	17-HOberst[15]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 15 (motorized)[14][15]	2 November 1943[15]	—	—
Karl Ullrich+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[15]	Commander of SS-Pionier-Bataillon 3 "Totenkopf"[14][15]	19 February 1942[15]	Awarded 480th Oak Leaves 14 May 1944[15]	—
Ulrich Ulms	Heer	16-H General Staff)[15]	Chief of the general staff Korpsgruppe "von Gottberg" (XII. SS-Armeekorps)[14][15]	12 August 1944[15]	—	—
Emil Ulrich	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[15]	Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle"[14][15]	7 February 1945[15]	—	—
Willibald Unfried	Heer	03-HGefreiter[15]	1st machine gunner in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 213[14][15]	4 March 1942[15]	—	—
Heinz Unger	Heer	14-HHauptmann[15]	Chief of the 1./Schützen-Regiment 10[14][15]	4 September 1941[15]	—	—
Willy Unger	Luftwaffe	09-LFahnenjunker-Feldwebel[15]	Pilot in the IV.(Sturm)/Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[14][Note 6]	23 October 1944[15]	—
Georg von Unold	Heer	17-H General Staff)[15]	Deputy leader of the 227. Infanterie-Division[14][15]	20 March 1945[15]	—	—
Heinz Unrau?[Note 7]	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 51[16]	1 May 1945	—	—
Martin Unrein+	Heer	17-HOberst[17]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4[14][17]	10 September 1943[17]	Awarded 515th Oak Leaves 26 June 1944[17]	—
Kurt Unruh	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[17]	Pilot in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"[14][17]	29 February 1944[17]	—	—
Johannes Unruhe	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[17]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12[14][17]	28 March 1945[17]	—	—
Horst von Usedom+	Heer	15-HMajor[17]	Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 61[14][17]	31 December 1941[17]	Awarded 809th Oak Leaves 28 March 1945[17]	—
Christian Usinger	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[17]	Leader of the 81. Infanterie-Division[14][17]	15 September 1944[17]	—	—
Horst Freiherr von Uslar-Gleichen	Heer	15-HMajor[17]	Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 190[14][17]	11 July 1944[17]	—	—
Richard Utgenannt	Waffen-SS	10-WSS-Hauptscharführer[17]	Chief of the 3./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 4[17][18]	16 November 1944[17]	—	—
Konrad Uthe	Heer	15-HMajor[17]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901[17][18]	12 August 1944*[17]	Killed in action 25 June 1944[17]	—
Ewald Utta	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[17]	Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 944[17][18]	23 October 1944[17]	—	—
Willibald Utz	Heer	17-HOberst[17]	Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100[17][18]	21 June 1941[17]	—	—

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