List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Kn–Kz)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry.^[1] A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945.^{[Note 1]} This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich.^[3]

These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile — The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996 a second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author and historian 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 the Third Reich during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.^[4] Scherzer wrote his book in cooperation with the German Federal Archives. The book was chosen by Prof. Dr. Franz W. Seidler for the library of the Bundeswehr University Munich and Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and is considered an accepted reference there.^[5][6] For many years Fellgiebel's book was considered the main reference work on this topic, and it has now been succeeded by Scherzer's work.

Listed here are the 428 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name is in the range "Kn–Kz".^[7] Fellgiebel himself delisted one and Scherzer has challenged the validity of eight more of these listings.^[8][9] This is the second of two lists of all 717 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "K". The recipients whose last name is in the range "Ka–Km" are listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ka–Km).^[10] The recipients are initially 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 enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.^[11] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.^[12] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).^[13] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.^[14]

Recipients

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Kn–Kz)

Service	Number of presentations	Posthumous presentations
Heer (incl. RAD)	293	22
Kriegsmarine	16	1
Luftwaffe	96	11
Waffen-SS	23	4

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and for the Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.^[15] Of the 428 awards made to servicemen whose last name is in the range "Kn–Kz", 43 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and nine the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords; 38 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members, including the RAD, received 293 of the medals; 16 went to the Kriegsmarine, 96 to the Luftwaffe, and 23 to the Waffen-SS.^[7] The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.^[16]

      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 ! (exclamation mark) indicates that author Walther-Peer Fellgiebel has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.
      This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that historian 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
Knaack, KurtKurt Knaack	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[17]	Leader of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 410[17][18]	5 November 1942[17]	—	—
Knaak, Hans-WolframHans-Wolfram Knaak	Heer	Oberleutnant[19]	Chief of the 8./Lehr-Regiment z.b.V. 800 "Brandenburg"[18][19]	3 November 1942*[19]	Killed in action 26 June 1941[19]	—
Knabe, Gustav-GeorgGustav-Georg Knabe	Heer	Oberstleutnant[19]	Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 15[18][19]	1 June 1941[19]	—	—
Knabe, KonradKonrad Knabe	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[19]	Leader of a Kette ("chain" or flight of three) in Fernaufklärungs Staffel Lappland (1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 124) (AOK 20. Gebirgsarmee)[20][Note 3]	16 April 1943[19]	—	—
Knacke, ReinholdReinhold Knacke+	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[19]	Pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[19][20]	1 July 1942[19]	Awarded 190th Oak Leaves 7 February 1943[19]	—
Knaf, WalterWalter Knaf	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[19]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Hermann Göring"[20][Note 4]	4 April 1944*[20][Note 4]	Killed in action 8 December 1943[20]	—
Knapp, FranzFranz Knapp	Heer	Major[19]	Commander of schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 663[19][20]	10 September 1944[19]	—	—
Knapp, WilhelmWilhelm Knapp	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[19]	Staffelkapitän of the 3.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 123[20][Note 5]	2 November 1940[19]	—	—
Knappe, HerbertHerbert Knappe	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[19]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Jäger-Regiment 83[19][20]	15 May 1944[19]	—	—
Knappe, KurtKurt Knappe	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier[19]	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[19][20]	3 November 1942[19]	—	—
Knaul, ErnstErnst Knaul	Heer	Unteroffizier[19]	Rifle leader in the 4.(schwere)/Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 96[19][21]	6 March 1944[19]	—	—
Knaup, LudwigLudwig Knaup	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[19]	Chief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 904[19][20]	4 October 1944[19]	—	—
Knaust, Hans-PeterHans-Peter Knaust+	Heer	Major[19]	Commander of Kampfgruppe "Sonnenstuhl" with the II. SS-Panzerkorps[20][Note 6]	28 September 1944[19]	Awarded 843rd Oak Leaves 17 April 1945[19]	—
Knauth, Dr. WilhelmDr. Wilhelm Knauth[Note 7]	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[22]	Leader of the 3./Panzer-Abteilung 505[20][Note 7]	14 November 1943[22]	—
Knebel, ErnstErnst Knebel+	Heer	Oberst[22]	Commander of Feld-Ersatz-Regiment Panzer AOK 3 and Armeewaffenschule[20][Note 8]	27 August 1944[22]	Awarded 744th Oak Leaves 19 February 1945[22]	—
Knebel-Doeberitz, Rudolf vonRudolf von Knebel-Doeberitz?[Note 9]	Heer	Major im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[21]	Ia (operations officer) of the 24. Panzer-Division[21]	11 May 1945[21]	—	—
Knemeyer, SiegfriedSiegfried Knemeyer	Luftwaffe	Major im Stabsamt des RLM[20][Note 10]	Gruppenkommandeur of Aufklärungs-Lehr-Gruppe of the OB.d.L.[20][22]	29 August 1943[22]	—	—
Knesebeck, Wasmod von demWasmod von dem Knesebeck	Heer	Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[22]	Ia (operations officer) of the 306. Infanterie-Division[21][22]	14 May 1944[22]	—	—
Knetsch, WilhelmWilhelm Knetsch	Heer	Major[22]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 545[21][22]	8 October 1942[22]	—	—
Kniep, WalterWalter Kniep	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[22]	Commander of SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich"[20][Note 11]	14 August 1943[22]	—	—
Knirsch, WalterWalter Knirsch	Heer	Feldwebel[22]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 89[20][22]	21 December 1944[22]	—	—
Knittel, GustavGustav Knittel	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[22]	Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[24][Note 12]	4 June 1944[22]	—	—
Knobelsdorff, Otto vonOtto von Knobelsdorff+	Heer	Generalleutnant[22]	Commander of the 19. Panzer-Division[22][24]	17 September 1941[22]	Awarded 322nd Oak Leaves 12 November 1943 100th Swords 21 September 1944[22]	—
Knobloch, LeoLeo Knobloch	Heer	Unteroffizier[22]	Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters lsection eader) in the 1./Reiter-Regiment 32[22][24]	30 September 1944[22]	—	—
Knoche, HeinzHeinz Knoche	Heer	Major[22]	Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33[22][24]	5 April 1945[22]	—	—
Knoechlein, FritzFritz Knöchlein	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmbannführer[25]	Commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge"[24][Note 13]	16 November 1944[25]	—	—
Knoerrchen, EgonEgon Knörrchen	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[25]	Chief of the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 218[24][25]	28 March 1945[25]	—	—
Knoespel, WalterWalter Knoespel	Heer	Hauptmann[25]	Company chief in Infanterie-Regiment 156 (motorized)[24][25]	17 January 1942[25]	—	—
Knoke, HeinzHeinz Knoke	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[25]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 11[24][25]	27 April 1945[25]	—	—
Knollmann, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Knollmann	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[25]	Company leader in Grenadier-Regiment 45[24][25]	21 March 1944[25]	—	—
Knoop, Dr. med. dent. RolfDr. med. dent. Rolf Knoop	Heer	Major[25]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 377[24][25]	26 July 1944[25]	—	—
Knoop, Waldemar vonWaldemar von Knoop	Heer	Major of the Reserves[25]	Commander of Radfahr-Abteilung 8[24][25]	26 March 1943[25]	—	—
Knop, AlbertAlbert Knop	Heer	Hauptmann[25]	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 118[24][25]	17 August 1943[25]	—	—
Knorr, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Knorr	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[25]	Commander of the I./Flak-Sturm-Abteilung 7[26][Note 14]	28 February 1945*[25]	Died of wounds 9 February 1945[25]	—
Knorr, WalterWalter Knorr	Heer	Unteroffizier[25]	Group leader in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108[24][25]	6 March 1944[25]	—	—
Knostmann, GeorgGeorg Knostmann	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[25]	Regiment adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 266[24][Note 15]	4 May 1944[25]	—	—
Knotzer, JosefJosef Knotzer	Heer	Major[27]	Leader of Alarmeinheit (emergency unit) in the 9. Panzer-Division[24][Note 16]	23 March 1945[27]	—	—
Knüppel, HeinrichHeinrich Knüppel	Heer	Major[27]	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 256[24][27]	7 August 1942[27]	—	—
Knüppel, Karl-GüntherKarl-Günther Knüppel	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[27]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 51 (motorized)[24][27]	17 December 1943[27]	—	—
Knüttel, KarlKarl Knüttel	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[27]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 200[24][27]	3 November 1944[27]	—	—
Knust, Friedrich-KarlFriedrich-Karl Knust	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant[27]	Geschwaderkommodore of (K)/Lehrgeschwader 1[24][Note 17]	3 May 1942[27]	—	—
Knuth, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Knuth	Heer	Major[27]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 211[24][27]	6 March 1944[27]	—	—
Knuth, HermannHermann Knuth	Kriegsmarine	Kapitän zur See[27]	Chief of the 1. Sicherungsdivision[24][27]	24 September 1944[27]	—	—
Koall, GerhardGerhard Koall	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[27]	Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Jagdgeschwader 54[24][27]	10 October 1944[27]	—	—
Koberling, HorstHorst Koberling	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[27]	Leader of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25[24][27]	30 April 1945[27]	—	—
Kobersky, HerbertHerbert Kobersky	Heer	Unteroffizier[27]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in Regiments Gruppe 481[28][Note 18]	4 October 1944[27]	—	—
Koch, AlfredAlfred Koch?[Note 19]	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer[29]	Leader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"[29]	6 May 1945*[29]	Killed in action 3 May 1945[29]	—
Koch, AlfredAlfred Koch	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[27]	Leader of the 2./leichte Flak-Abteilung 71[27][29]	7 April 1945[27]	—	—
Koch, AugustAugust Koch	Heer	Hauptmann[30]	Leader of a Kampfgruppe in the fortress Posen[29][Note 20]	20 February 1945[30]	—	—
Koch, Dr. rer.pol. DietrichDr. rer.pol. Dietrich Koch	Heer	Feldwebel[30]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 88[29][30]	23 February 1942[30]	—	—
Koch, DietrichDietrich Koch![Note 21]	Heer	Leutnant[29]	Leader of the 8./Panzer-Regiment 5 in the DAK[29]	13 April 1942[29]	—	—
Koch, ErwinErwin Koch	Heer	Major[30]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 447[29][30]	28 May 1943[30]	—	—
Koch, FriedrichFriedrich Koch	Heer	General der Infanterie zur Verwendung (for disposition)[29][Note 22]	Commanding general of the XXXXIV. Armeekorps[29][30]	13 October 1941[30]	—	—
Koch, KarlKarl Koch	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[30]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15[29][Note 23]	24 October 1944*[30]	Killed in action 29 July 1944[30]	—
Koch, MaxMax Koch	Heer	Oberstleutnant of the Reserves[30]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 585[29][30]	4 June 1944*[30]	Killed in action 15 April 1944[29]	—
Koch, TheodorTheodor Koch	Heer	Oberleutnant[30]	Chief of the 6./Artillerie-Regiment 36 (motorized)[29][30]	2 September 1944[30]	—	—
Koch, WalterWalter Koch	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[30]	Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch"[29][Note 24]	10 May 1940[30]	—
Koch, WilliWilli Koch+	Heer	Feldwebel[30]	Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 32[29][30]	16 April 1944[30]	Awarded 612th Oak Leaves 16 October 1944[30]
Koch, WilliWilli Koch	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[30]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1[29][30]	9 June 1944[30]	—	—
Koch-Erpach, RudolfRudolf Koch-Erpach	Heer	Generalleutnant[30]	Commander of the 8. Infanterie-Division[29][30]	24 June 1940[30]	—	—
Kochanowski, JohannJohann Kochanowski	Heer	Oberwachtmeister[31]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 201[29][31]	15 October 1942[31]	—	—
Kochendörfer, KarlKarl Kochendörfer	Heer	Unteroffizier[31]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 3.(schwere)/Schnelle Abteilung 296[29][31]	18 September 1942[31]	—	—
Kociok, JosefJosef Kociok	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[31]	Pilot in the 10.(NJ)/Zerstörergeschwader 1[29][31]	31 July 1943[31]	—	—
Kodré, HeinrichHeinrich Kodré	Heer	Major[31]	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 123[29]	14 May 1941[31]	—	—
Koechle, LudwigLudwig Köchle	Waffen-SS	SS-Oberscharführer[31]	Shock troops leader and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./SS-"Totenkopf"-Infanterie-Regiment 1[29][31]	28 February 1942[31]	—	—
Koechling, FriedrichFriedrich Köchling	Heer	Generalmajor[31]	Commander of the 254. Infanterie-Division[31][32]	31 July 1942[31]	—	—
Koeck, ReinholdReinhold Köck	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[31]	Company chief in Grenadier-Regiment 469[31][32]	5 January 1945[31]	—	—
Koeckerbauer, HansHans Köckerbauer	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[31]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91[31][32]	18 November 1941[31]	—	—
Koeckeritz, Hans-Joachim vonHans-Joachim von Koeckeritz	Heer	Rittmeister of the Reserves[31]	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 32[31][32]	10 February 1944*[31]	Killed in action 4 February 1944[32]	—
Koeditz, AlfredAlfred Koeditz	Luftwaffe	Leutnant of the Reserves[32][Note 25]	Pilot in the Stab/Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 100[31][32]	23 December 1942[31]	—	—
Koehler, ArminArmin Köhler	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[31]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 77[31][32]	7 February 1945[31]	—	—
Koehler, Carl-ErikCarl-Erik Koehler	Heer	Generalleutnant[33]	Commander of the 306. Infanterie-Division[32][33]	4 May 1944[33]	—	—
Koehler, FritzFritz Köhler	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant[33]	Gruppenkommandeur of Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 122[32][33]	4 November 1941[33]	—	—
Koehler, GeorgGeorg Köhler	Heer	Leutnant[32][Note 26]	Leader of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26[32][33]	3 January 1943[33]	—	—
Koehler, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Köhler	Heer	Rittmeister[33]	Commander of the I./Reiter-Regiment 31[32][33]	5 March 1945[33]	—	—
Köhler, HeinrichHeinrich Köhler	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[33]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 210[32][33]	20 April 1945[33]	—	—
Koehler, Dr. jur. HelmutDr. jur. Helmut Koehler	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[33]	Leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1[32][33]	3 November 1944[33]	—	—
Koehler, HelmutHelmut Köhler	Heer	Hauptmann[32][Note 27]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 154[32][33]	18 February 1945[33]	—	—
Koehler, RudolfRudolf Köhler	Heer	Major[33]	Commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 73[32][33]	27 July 1941[33]	—	—
Koehler, SiegfriedSiegfried Köhler	Heer	Unteroffizier[33]	Messenger squadron leader in the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108[32][33]	17 March 1945[33]	—	—
Koehler, WalterWalter Koehler?[Note 28]	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[32]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./schwere Heeres-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 525[32]	11 May 1945[32]	—	—
Koehler, WernerWerner Köhler	Heer	Hauptmann[33]	Battalion commander in Füsilier-Regiment 26[32][33]	13 February 1945[33]	—	—
Koehne, Hans-GüntherHans-Günther Koehne	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[33]	Staffelkapitän of the Stabsstaffel/Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[32][33]	3 November 1942[33]	—	—
Koehnen, HermannHermann Köhnen	Heer	Hauptmann[33]	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1145[32][33]	28 February 1945[33]	—	—
Koehnke, OttoOtto Köhnke	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[35]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 54[32][35]	1 August 1942[35]	—	—
Koelbel, OttoOtto Kölbel	Heer	Obergefreiter[35]	Group leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 542[32][35]	1 June 1943[35]	—	—
Koellner, JürgenJürgen Köllner	Heer	Hauptmann[35]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 671[32][35]	4 May 1944[35]	—	—
Koelsch, ErichErich Kölsch	Heer	Unteroffizier[35]	Group leader in the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 263[32][35]	18 November 1944[35]	—	—
Koenen, Friedrich vonFriedrich von Koenen	Heer	Hauptmann[35]	Commander of the III./4. Regiment "Brandenburg" (a unit of the Abwehr)[32][Note 29]	16 September 1943[35]	—	—
Koenig AlfonsAlfons König+	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[35]	Chief of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 199[36][Note 30]	21 December 1940[35]	Awarded 194th Oak Leaves 21 February 1943 70th Swords 9 June 1944[35]	—
Koenig, ChristianChristian König	Heer	Hauptmann[35]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 41 (motorized)[35][36]	5 January 1943[35]	—	—
Koenig, ErnstErnst König+	Heer	Major[35]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 12[35][36]	16 September 1943[35]	Awarded 598th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944[35]	—
Koenig, EugenEugen König+	Heer	Major[35]	Acting commander of Infanterie-Regiment 352[36][Note 31]	1 August 1942[35]	Awarded 318th Oak Leaves 4 November 1943[35]	—
Koenig, GeorgGeorg König	Heer	Feldwebel[35]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 18[35][36]	13 September 1943[35]	—	—
Koenig, Hans-HeinrichHans-Heinrich Koenig	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[35]	Leader of the I./Jagdgeschwader 11[36][Note 32]	19 August 1944*[35]	Killed in flying accident 24 May 1944[36]	—
Koenig, HeinrichHeinrich König	Heer	Hauptmann[37]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 915[36][37]	14 February 1945[37]	—	—
Koenig, HeinzHeinz Koenig[Note 33]	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[35]	Leader of the 3./Fallschirm-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung "Hermann Göring"[35][36]	8 February 1945[35]	—	—
Koenig, HerbertHerbert König	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[37]	Pilot in the 12./Transportgeschwader 1[36][37]	9 June 1944[37]	—	—
Koenig, ReinhardReinhard König	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant (Ing.)[37]	Chief engineer on U-123[36][37]	8 July 1944[37]	—	—
Koenig, RudolfRudolf König	Heer	Feldwebel[37]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74[36][37]	17 December 1942[37]	—	—
Koenig, ViktorViktor König	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel[37]	Observer in the 14.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 55[36][37]	6 October 1944*[37]	Killed in action 29 August 1944[36]	—
König, WilhelmWilhelm König	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[37]	Chief of the 1./Kavallerie-Regiment "Mitte"[36][37]	10 September 1943[37]	—	—
Koeppel, WalterWalter Koeppel	Heer	Unteroffizier[37]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 111[36][Note 34]	15 February 1943[37]	—	—
Koeppen, EckhardtEckhardt Köppen	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier[37]	Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 1./Fallschirm-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2 "Hermann Göring"[36][37]	15 March 1945[37]	—	—
Koeppen, GerhardGerhard Köppen+	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel[37]	Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52[36][Note 35]	18 December 1941[37]	Awarded 79th Oak Leaves 27 February 1942[37]	—
Koepsell, HerbertHerbert Koepsell	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier[37]	Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 1./Fallschirm-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2 "Hermann Göring"[36][37]	7 February 1945[37]	—	—
Koerner, AdolfAdolf Körner	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[37]	Leader of the 7./Artillerie-Regiment 168[36][37]	20 January 1945[37]	—	—
Koerner, FriedrichFriedrich Körner	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[38]	Staffelführer of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 27[36][Note 36]	6 September 1942[38]	—	—
Koerner, HelmutHelmut Körner	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[38]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Regiment 656[38][39]	3 December 1943[38]	—	—
Koerner, KarlKarl Körner	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptscharführer[38]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503[36][38]	29 April 1945[38]	—	—
Koerner, MartinMartin Körner	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[36][Note 37]	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 9[36][38]	14 March 1943[38]	—	—
Koerner, WalterWalter Körner?[Note 38]	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer[36]	Regiment adjutant of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge"[36]	11 May 1945*[36]	Killed in action 6 March 1945[36]	—
Koerte, PeterPeter Körte	Heer	Oberst[38]	Commander of Füsilier-Regiment 26[38][40]	27 September 1943[38]	—	—
Koester, AlfonsAlfons Köster	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[38]	Pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[38][40]	29 October 1942[38]	—	—
Koester, AlfredAlfred Koester	Heer	Oberst[38]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 200[38][40]	10 May 1943[38]	—	—
Köster, HelmutHelmut Köster	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel[38]	Pilot in the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[40][Note 39]	8 August 1944*[38]	Killed in flying accident 8 August 1944[38]	—
Koester, WalterWalter Köster	Heer	Hauptmann[38]	Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 156 (motorized)[38][40]	30 October 1941[38]	—	—
Koether, WilhelmWilhelm Köther	Heer	Oberleutnant[38]	Chief of the 1./Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 257[40][Note 40]	27 May 1942[38]	—	—
Koetke, WernerWerner Kötke	Heer	Hauptmann[38]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 994[38][40]	23 August 1944*[38]	Killed in action 17 July 1944[40]	—
Koetz, KarlKarl Koetz+	Heer	Hauptmann[38]	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 463[38][40]	2 October 1941[38]	Awarded 374th Oak Leaves 24 January 1944[38]	—
Kofler, FlorianFlorian Kofler	Heer	Major[41]	Commander of the II./Jäger-Regiment 56[40][41]	16 November 1944*[41]	Died of wounds 31 October 1944[40]	—
Kohl, ChristophChristoph Kohl	Heer	Unteroffizier[41]	Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12[40][Note 41]	14 May 1944[41]	—	—
Kohla, HelmutHelmut Kohla	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[41]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Panzer-Abteilung 21[40][41]	16 August 1943[41]	—	—
Kohlauf, FranzFranz Kohlauf	Kriegsmarine	Korvettenkapitän[41]	Chief of the 4. Torpedobootflottille[40][41]	29 October 1943[41]	—	—
Kohler, WilhelmWilhelm Kohler+	Heer	Hauptmann[41]	Leader of a Kampfgruppe in Infanterie-Regiment 195[40][41]	10 December 1942[41]	Awarded 607th Oak Leaves 4 October 1944[41]	—
Kohlermann, OttoOtto Kohlermann	Heer	Oberst[41]	Artilleriekommandeur 129[40][41]	22 February 1942[41]	—	—
Kohlhaas, KarlKarl Kohlhaas	Heer	Unteroffizier[41]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 485[40][41]	4 May 1944[41]	—	—
Kohlhaas, LudwigLudwig Kohlhaas	Heer	Oberstleutnant[42][Note 42]	Commander of the III./Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[41][42]	21 November 1942[41]	—	—
Kohlhagen, KurtKurt Kohlhagen	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[41]	Pilot and observer in the 1.(N)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 2[40][Note 43]	30 September 1944[41]	—	—
Kohmann, HannsHanns Kohmann	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[41]	Pilot in the Fliegerstaffel des Führers[40][Note 44]	28 February 1945[41]	—	—
Kohnz, BrunoBruno Kohnz+	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[43]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Jäger-Regiment 207[40][43]	17 December 1942[43]	Awarded 207th Oak Leaves 6 March 1943[43]	—
Kohout, Franz-JosefFranz-Josef Kohout	Heer	Hauptmann[43]	Leader of the II./Panzer-Regiment 33[43][44]	4 December 1941[43]	—	—
Koitschka, [Dr.] Siegfried[Dr.] Siegfried Koitschka[Note 45]	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See[43]	Commander of U-616[43][44]	27 January 1944[43]	—	—
Koj, EwaldEwald Koj?[Note 46]	Heer	Hauptmann[44]	Chief of the 3./Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 8 (8. Jäger-Division)[44]	9 May 1945*[44]	Killed in action 11 March 1945[44]	—
Kokott, HeinzHeinz Kokott	Heer	Oberst[43]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 337[43][44]	17 March 1943[43]	—	—
Kolb, FritzFritz Kolb	Luftwaffe	Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel[43]	Pilot in the 5./Transportgeschwader 3[43][44]	9 June 1944[43]	—	—
Kolb, RichardRichard Kolb	Luftwaffe	Major of the Reserves[43]	Commander of leichte Flak-Abteilung 91 (motorized)[44][Note 47]	12 November 1941[43]	—	—
Kolb, WernerWerner Kolb+	Heer	Major of the Reserves[43]	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 36[43][44]	27 June 1942[43]	Awarded 514th Oak Leaves 26 June 1944[43]	—
Kolbeck, HansHans Kolbeck	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[43]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 1083[43][44]	24 February 1945*[43]	Killed in action 18 February 1945[43]	—
Kolbeck, Dr. med. dent. RudolfDr. med. dent. Rudolf Kolbeck+	Heer	Oberstleutnant of the Reserves[44][Note 48]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 316[43][44]	20 April 1943[43]	Awarded 403rd Oak Leaves 22 February 1944[43]	—
Kolbow, HansHans Kolbow	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[43]	Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 51[43][45]	27 July 1941*[43]	Killed in action 16 July 1941[44]	—
Kolbus, FriedemannFriedemann Kolbus	Heer	Oberleutnant[43]	Chief of the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 161[43][44]	9 December 1944[43]	—	—
Kolczyk, HeinzHeinz Kolczyk	Heer	Rittmeister[43]	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 7[43][44]	6 April 1944[43]	—	—
Koll, JohannesJohannes Koll	Heer	Leutnant[46]	Leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 696[44][46]	24 December 1944[46]	—	—
Koll, RichardRichard Koll	Heer	Oberst[46]	Commander of Panzer-Regiment 11[44][46]	15 July 1941[46]	—	—
Kollak, ReinhardReinhard Kollak	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[46]	Pilot in the 8./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4[44][Note 49]	29 August 1943[46]	—	—
Kollberg, BothoBotho Kollberg+	Heer	Oberstleutnant[46]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 23[44][46]	6 September 1942[46]	Awarded 384th Oak Leaves 8 February 1944[46]	—
Kollehn, GerhardGerhard Kollehn	Heer	Major[46]	Leader of Jäger-Regiment 38[44][46]	11 December 1944[46]	—	—
Koller, AlbertAlbert Koller	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[46]	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 55[44][46]	13 November 1942[46]	—	—
Koller, GustavGustav Koller	Heer	Obergefreiter[46]	Group leader in the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21[44][46]	8 August 1944[46]	—	—
Koller, KarlKarl Koller	Luftwaffe	Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[46]	Chief of the general staff of Luftflotte 2[44][Note 50]	10 April 1942[46]	—	—
Kollewe, GerhardGerhard Kollewe+	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[46]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II.(Kampf)/Lehrgeschwader 1[44][46]	5 July 1941[46]	Awarded 112th Oak Leaves 12 August 1942[46]	—
Kollhofer, JosefJosef Kollhofer	Heer	Obergefreiter[46]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 4./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26[44][Note 51]	14 August 1944[46]	—	—
Kollmann, Friedrich KarlFriedrich Karl Kollmann	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[46]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in Panzergrenadier-Regiment 59[44][46]	6 October 1944[46]	—	—
Kolodziejczyk, GeorgGeorg Kolodziejczyk	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[46]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Regiment 15[44][46]	5 March 1945[46]	—	—
Koltermann, WolfgangWolfgang Koltermann	Heer	Oberleutnant[44][Note 52]	Chief of the 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507[44][47]	11 March 1945[47]	—	—
Kompch, HerbertHerbert Kompch	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[47]	Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 4 (motorized)[48][Note 53]	11 March 1944[47]	—	—
Konopacki, GüntherGünther Konopacki+	Heer	Oberleutnant[47]	Leader of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 168[47][48]	19 December 1943[47]	Awarded 797th Oak Leaves 23 March 1945[47]	—
Konopka, GerhardGerhard Konopka	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[47]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment (motorized) "Großdeutschland"[47][48]	29 August 1943[47]	—	—
Konrad, AlfredAlfred Konrad	Heer	Oberwachtmeister[47]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 7[47][48]	8 August 1943[47]	—	—
Konrad, RudolfRudolf Konrad	Heer	General der Gebirgstruppe[47]	Commanding general of the XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps[47][48]	1 August 1942[47]	—	—
Konschegg von Pramburg, Dr. jur. LambertDr. jur. Lambert Konschegg von Pramburg	Luftwaffe	Major[47]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 40[47][48]	28 February 1945[47]	—
Koolwijk, Wilhelm vonWilhelm von Koolwijk	Luftwaffe	Oberst[47]	Commander of Flak-Regiment 37 (motorized)[48][Note 54]	8 August 1944[47]	—	—
Koopmann, ErwinErwin Koopmann	Heer	Major[47]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 76[47][48]	28 November 1943*[47]	Killed in action 11 November 1943[47]	—
Kopatzki, LotharLothar Kopatzki	Heer	Leutnant[47]	Leader of the Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1212[47][48]	5 April 1945[47]	—	—
Kopp, HelmutHelmut Kopp	Heer	Oberleutnant[47]	Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 151[47][49]	2 June 1942[47]	—	—
Kopp, KarlKarl Kopp	Heer	Feldwebel[47]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 512[47][48]	15 November 1941[47]	—	—
Kopp, WalterWalter Kopp	Heer	Hauptmann[50]	Commander of the I./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99[48][50]	6 November 1942[50]	—	—
Kopp, WalterWalter Kopp	Heer	Major[50]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1077[48][50]	9 February 1945[50]	—	—
Koppe, RudolfRudolf Koppe	Heer	Hauptmann[50]	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23[48][50]	18 November 1944[50]	—	—
Koppenwallner, KarlKarl Koppenwallner	Heer	Oberst[50]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 97[48][50]	1 January 1944[50]	—	—
Kordemann, MartinMartin Kordemann?[Note 55]	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[48]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 577[48]	11 May 1945[48]	—	—
Korfes, Dr. rer. pol. OttoDr. rer. pol. Otto Korfes	Heer	Generalmajor[50]	Commander of the 295. Infanterie-Division[48][50]	22 January 1943[50]	—	—
Korn, HeinzHeinz Korn	RAD	Feldmeister (rank equivalent to Leutnant)[50]	Meßoffizier (measuring officer) in the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 232 (RAD 8/60)[48][50]	14 January 1945[50]	—	—
Kornblum, DietrichDietrich Kornblum	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[50]	Staffelführer of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"[48][50]	9 June 1944[50]	—	—
Kornmeyer, HansHans Kornmeyer	Heer	Major[50]	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 109[48][50]	9 May 1942[50]	—	—
Kornprobst, FranzFranz Kornprobst	Heer	Oberst[50]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 320[48][50]	5 April 1945[50]	—	—
Kornprobst, OttoOtto Kornprobst	Heer	Leutnant[50]	Zugführer (platoon leader) of Panzer-Abteilung 118[48][50]	23 March 1945[50]	—	—
Korol, AntonAnton Korol	Luftwaffe	Leutnant of the Reserves[50]	Staffelführer of the 10.(Panzer)/Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[50][51]	12 March 1945[50]	—
Korte, HansHans Korte	Luftwaffe	Generalmajor[52]	Commander of the 2.(Torpedo) Flieger-Division[51][Note 56]	30 September 1944[52]	—	—
Korten, GüntherGünther Korten	Luftwaffe	Generalmajor[52]	Chief of the general staff of Luftflotte 4[51][52]	3 May 1941[52]	—
Korth, ClausClaus Korth	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant[52]	Commander of U-93[51][52]	29 May 1941[52]	—	—
Korth, [Dr.] Siegfried[Dr.] Siegfried Korth[Note 45]	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer[52]	Chief of the 3./SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 18 "Florian Geyer"[51][Note 57]	9 February 1945[52]	—	—
Korthals, GerhardGerhard Korthals	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[52]	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Kampfgeschwader 51[51][52]	2 October 1942[52]	—	—
Korts, BertholdBerthold Korts	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[52]	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 52[51][52]	29 August 1943[52]	—	—
Kortzfleisch, Joachim vonJoachim von Kortzfleisch	Heer	General der Infanterie[52]	Commanding general of the XI. Armeekorps[51][52]	4 September 1940[52]	—	—
Korupkat, GüntherGünther Korupkat	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[52]	Deputy leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 1077[51][52]	9 February 1945[52]	—	—
Kosar, KarlKarl Kosar	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[52]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 7[51][52]	7 February 1944[52]	—	—
Kosch, BennoBenno Kosch	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant[52]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"[51][52]	1 October 1940[52]	—	—
Koser, ChristianChristian Koser	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[52]	Leader of the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 273[51][52]	2 September 1944[52]	—	—
Koske, Dr. KarlDr. Karl Koske	Heer	Generalmajor[53]	Commander of the 212. Infanterie-Division[51][53]	15 March 1944[53]	—	—
Koslinko, OttoOtto Koslinko[Note 58]	Heer	Unteroffizier[54]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 504[51][54]	4 June 1944*[54]	Killed in action 28 March 1944[51]	—
Kossack, SiegfriedSiegfried Kossack	Heer	Oberst[53]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1051[51][53]	18 November 1944[53]	—	—
Kossmala, GeorgGeorg Koßmala+	Heer	Oberst[53]	Commander of Sicherungs-Regiment 3[51][53]	13 March 1942[53]	Awarded 435th Oak Leaves 26 March 1944[53]	—
Kossmann, Karl-RichardKarl-Richard Koßmann	Heer	Oberst[53]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74[51][53]	23 March 1945[53]	—	—
Kostka, FranzFranz Kostka	Heer	Obergefreiter[53]	Shock troops leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 399[51][53]	10 May 1943[53]	—	—
Kotlowski, FranzFranz Kotlowski	Heer	Obergefreiter[53]	Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 411[51][53]	16 November 1944[53]	—	—
Kotz, RichardRichard Kotz	Heer	Oberst[53]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 389[51][53]	21 October 1943[53]	—	—
Kowalewski, RobertRobert Kowalewski	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[53]	Pilot in the Stabsstaffel/X. Fliegerkorps[51][Note 59]	24 November 1940[53]	—
Kox, PeterPeter Kox	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[53]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 169[53][55]	5 April 1945[53]	—	—
Kraas, BorisBoris Kraas	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[53]	Commander of SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 3 "Totenkopf"[55][Note 60]	28 February 1945*[53]	Died of wounds 13 February 1945[55]	—
Kraas, HugoHugo Kraas+	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[53]	Commander of the I./2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment/Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[56][Note 61]	28 March 1943[53]	Awarded 375th Oak Leaves 24 January 1944[53]	—
Kracht, HermannHermann Kracht	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[53]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 29 (motorized)[55][Note 62]	25 December 1944*[53]	Killed in action 2 June 1944[55]	—
Kraemer, ChristophChristoph Krämer	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[57]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7[55][57]	14 May 1944[57]	—	—
Kraemer, FritzFritz Kraemer	Heer	Oberstleutnant im General (in the General Staff)[57]	Ia (operations officer) in the 13. Panzer-Division[55][57]	17 December 1942[57]	—	—
Kraemer, PaulPaul Krämer	Heer	Oberstleutnant[57]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93[55][57]	7 February 1945[57]	—	—
Kraemer, RichardRichard Krämer	Heer	Leutnant[57]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 232[55][57]	30 September 1944[57]	—	—
Kraeussel, OskarOskar Kräussel	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel[57]	Pilot in Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 172[55][57]	24 December 1942[55][Note 63]	—	—
Krafft, HeinrichHeinrich Krafft	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[55][Note 64]	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[55][57]	18 March 1942[57]	—	—
Krafft, [Dr.] Horst[Dr.] Horst Krafft[Note 45]	Heer	Oberleutnant[57]	Chief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 185[55][57]	29 September 1941[57]	—	—
Kraft, AlfredAlfred Kraft	Heer	Unteroffizier[57]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 27[55][57]	22 January 1943[57]	—	—
Kraft, GerhardGerhard Kraft	Heer	Hauptmann[57]	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 112[55][57]	23 February 1944[57]	—	—
Kraft, JosefJosef Kraft+	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[57]	Pilot in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[55][Note 65]	30 September 1944[57]	Awarded 838th Oak Leaves 17 April 1945[57]	—
Kraft, KarlKarl Kraft	Heer	Major[57]	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 42[55][57]	18 January 1942[57]	—	—
Krag, ErnstErnst Krag+	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[57]	Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich"[55][Note 66]	23 October 1944[57]	Awarded 755th Oak Leaves 28 February 1945[57]	—
Krah, HansHans Krah	Heer	Major[58]	Commander of the I./Füsilier-Regiment 34[55][58]	11 October 1943[58]	—	—
Krahl, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Krahl	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[58]	Leader of the I./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"[55][58]	13 November 1940[58]	—	—
Krainz, WalterWalter Krainz	Heer	Obergefreiter[58]	In the III./Jäger-Regiment 75[58][59]	17 April 1945[58]	—	—
Kraiss, DietrichDietrich Kraiss+	Heer	Generalmajor[58]	Commander of the 168. Infanterie-Division[58][59]	23 July 1942[58]	Awarded 549th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944[58]
Krakau, AugustAugust Krakau	Heer	Oberst[58]	Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85[58][59]	21 June 1941[58]	—	—
Kral, RupprechtRupprecht Kral	Heer	Unteroffizier[58]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 19[59][Note 67]	15 May 1944[58]	—	—
Kralemann, FriedrichFriedrich Kralemann	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[58]	Pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 3 "Lützow"[58][59]	29 October 1943[58]	—	—
Kramer, HeinzHeinz Kramer	Heer	Unteroffizier[58]	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502[58][59]	6 October 1944[58]	—	—
Kramer, RudolfRudolf Kramer	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[58]	Staffelkapitän in Kampfgeschwader 26[58][59]	18 March 1945[58]	—	—
Krancke, TheodorTheodor Krancke+	Kriegsmarine	Kapitän zur See[58]	Commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer[58][59]	21 February 1941[58]	Awarded 614th Oak Leaves 18 October 1944[58]	—
Kranenbrock, Wolfgang vanWolfgang van Kranenbrock	Heer	Hauptmann[58]	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 102[58][59]	25 September 1942[58]	—	—
Kranz, BernhardBernhard Kranz	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[58]	Chief of the 15./Jäger-Regiment 83[59][Note 68]	5 November 1944[58]	—	—
Kranz, RudolfRudolf Kranz	Heer	Major[60]	Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 249[59][60]	23 October 1944[60]	—	—
Krappe, GüntherGünther Krappe	Heer	Generalleutnant[60]	Commander of the 61. Infanterie-Division[59][60]	11 April 1944[60]	—	—
Krappmann, HeinrichHeinrich Krappmann	Luftwaffe	Obergefreiter[60]	Geschützkanonier (gunner) in the 19./Fallschirm-Panzer-Flak-Regiment "Hermann Göring"[59][Note 69]	28 February 1945[60]	—	—
Kratsch, Dr. GüntherDr. Günther Kratsch	Heer	Major[60]	Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 65 (motorized)[59][Note 70]	29 September 1940[60]	—	—
Kratzenberg, HansHans Kratzenberg	Heer	Major[60]	Commander of the III./Schützen-Regiment 3[59][60]	15 August 1940[60]	—	—
Kratzert, RudolfRudolf Kratzert	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[59][Note 71]	Commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[59][60]	9 June 1944[60]	—
Kraus, AdolfAdolf Kraus	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[60]	Pilot in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"[59][60]	25 November 1942*[60]	Killed in action 30 September 1942[59]	—
Kraus, EduardEduard Kraus	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[60]	Leader of the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 14[59][60]	25 January 1943[60]	—	—
Kraus, EwaldEwald Kraus	Heer	Major[60]	Deputy leader of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 102[59][60]	26 March 1944[60]	—	—
Kraus, Hans-WernerHans-Werner Kraus	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant[60]	Commander of U-83[59][60]	19 June 1942[60]	—	—
Kraus, RupertRupert Kraus	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[60]	Leader of the 2./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring"[59][Note 72]	30 September 1944[60]	—	—
Krause, BernhardBernhard Krause	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[61]	Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 "Hitlerjugend"[59][Note 73]	18 November 1944[61]	—	—
Krause, FritzFritz Krause	Luftwaffe	Oberst[61]	Commander of Flak-Regiment 91 (motorized)[62][Note 74]	24 March 1943*[61]	Killed in action 25 January 1943[62]	—
Krause, JohannesJohannes Krause	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[61]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 101[61][62]	7 February 1945[61]	—	—
Krause, MaxMax Krause	Heer	Major[61]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 106[61][62]	18 November 1944[61]	—	—
Krause, RichardRichard Krause	Heer	Hauptmann[61]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 848[61][62]	4 May 1944[61]	—	—
Krause, WaltherWalther Krause	Heer	Generalmajor[61]	Commander of the 170. Infanterie-Division[61][62]	10 June 1943[61]	—	—
Krauss, BernhardBernhard Krauss[Note 75]	Heer	Unteroffizier[60]	Infanteriegeschütz (infantry gun) leader in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 128[62][Note 75]	9 January 1945[60]	—	—
Krauss, OswaldOswald Krauss	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[61]	Leader of SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15 "Florian Geyer"[62][Note 76]	27 January 1945[61]	—	—
Krauß, WalterWalter Krauß+	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[61]	Pilot in the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 21[61][62]	29 July 1940[61]	Awarded 363rd Oak Leaves 3 January 1944[61]	—
Krebs, ErichErich Krebs	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[61]	Chief of the 1./Flak-Regiment 11 (motorized)[62][Note 77]	16 February 1942[62][Note 77]	—	—
Krebs, Günther-WolfgangGünther-Wolfgang Krebs	Heer	Leutnant[61]	Leader of a Kampfgruppe in the Heeres-Gebirgsjäger-Bataillon 201[62][Note 78]	26 December 1944*[61]	Killed in action 14 December 1944[62][Note 78]	—
Krebs, HansHans Krebs+	Heer	Generalleutnant[61]	Chief of the general staff of Heeresgruppe Mitte[61][62]	26 March 1944[61]	Awarded 749th Oak Leaves 20 February 1945[61]
Krech, GüntherGünther Krech	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant[63]	Commander of U-558[62][63]	17 September 1942[63]	—	—
Krei, WernerWerner Krei	Heer	Oberfähnrich[63]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 19[62][63]	10 February 1944[63]	—	—
Kreiner, HerbertHerbert Kreiner	Heer	Hauptmann[63]	Battalion commander in Grenadier-Regiment 261[62][Note 79]	28 January 1943[63]	—	—
Kreipe, HeinrichHeinrich Kreipe	Heer	Oberstleutnant[63]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 209[62][63]	13 October 1941[63]	—	—
Kreitmair, RudolfRudolf Kreitmair	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[63]	Leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 282[62][63]	31 March 1943[63]	—	—
Krekow, GüntherGünther Krekow	Heer	Leutnant[63]	Battery officer in Artillerie-Regiment 6[62][Note 80]	6 November 1944[63]	—	—
Kremer, [Dr.] Hermann[Dr.] Hermann Kremer[Note 45]	Heer	Major of the Reserves[63]	Commander of the II./Artillerie-Regiment 129[62][63]	23 March 1945[63]	—	—
Krems, GerhardGerhard Krems	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[63]	Pilot in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"[62][63]	25 May 1942[63]	—	—
Krenz, WilhelmWilhelm Krenz	Heer	Feldwebel[63]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 96[63][64]	4 May 1944[63]	—	—
Krenzer, HermannHermann Krenzer	Heer	Oberleutnant[62][Note 81]	Chief of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 379[62][63]	14 December 1941[63]	—	—
Kress, HermannHermann Kreß	Heer	Oberst[63]	Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99[62][63]	20 December 1941[63]	—	—
Kress, UlrichUlrich Kreß	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[63]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 20[62][63]	22 September 1941[63]	—	—
Kresse, [Prof. Dr.] Ludwig-Hilmar[Prof. Dr.] Ludwig-Hilmar Kresse[Note 82]	Heer	Major of the Reserves[65]	Commander of Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 94[65][66]	18 November 1944[65]	—	—
Kressel, WilhelmWilhelm Kressel	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[65]	Leader of the 5./Sturm-Regiment of Panzer AOK 4[65][66]	16 October 1944[65]	—	—
Kressmann, ErwinErwin Kreßmann	Heer	Hauptmann[65]	Chief of the 1./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 519[65][66]	9 December 1944[65]	—	—
Kretschmer, FranzFranz Kretschmer	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[65]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the I./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 656[66][Note 83]	17 December 1943[65]	—	—
Kretschmer, OttoOtto Kretschmer+	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant[65]	Commander of U-99[65][66]	4 August 1940[65]	Awarded 6th Oak Leaves 4 November 1940 5th Swords 26 December 1941[65]
Kretschmer, TheodorTheodor Kretschmer	Heer	Oberst[65]	Leader of the 17. Panzer-Division[65][66]	8 March 1945[65]	—	—
Krettek, HeinzHeinz Krettek	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[65]	Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 423[65][66]	12 August 1944[65]	—	—
Kretzschmar, WolfgangWolfgang Kretzschmar+	Heer	Major[65]	Commander of Grenadier-Bataillon 540 z.b.V.[65][67]	15 May 1943[65]	Awarded 600th Oak Leaves 30 September 1944 121st Swords 12 January 1945[65]	—
Kreutz, KarlKarl Kreutz+	Waffen-SS	SS-Standartenführer[65]	Commander of SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"[66][Note 84]	27 August 1944[65]	Awarded (863rd) Oak Leaves 6 May 1945?[68][Note 85]	—
Kreutzberg, AntonAnton Kreutzberg	Heer	Unteroffizier[65]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 2./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 525[65][66]	21 September 1944[65]	—	—
Kreuzer, Dr. EduardDr. Eduard Kreuzer	Heer	Oberstleutnant[65]	Commander of Jäger-Regiment 24 (L)[65][66]	17 March 1945*[65]	Killed in action 22 February 1945[66]	—
Kreuzer, FranzFranz Kreuzer	Heer	Unteroffizier[70]	Group leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 89[66][70]	15 January 1943[70]	—	—
Kreuzinger, OthmarOthmar Kreuzinger+	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[70]	Chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 19[66][70]	14 May 1944[70]	Awarded 625th Oak Leaves 18 October 1944[70]	—
Krey, HeinzHeinz Krey	Kriegsmarine	Leutnant (Ing.)[70]	Chief engineer on U-752[66][70]	4 September 1943*[70]	Killed in action 23 May 1943[66]	—
Krey, HermannHermann Krey	Heer	Fahnenjunker-Wachtmeister[70]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 30[67][70]	17 September 1944[70]	—	—
Kreysing, HansHans Kreysing+	Heer	Oberst[70]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 16[66][70]	18 May 1940[66][Note 86]	Awarded 183rd Oak Leaves 20 January 1943 63rd Swords 13 April 1944[70]
Kriebel, KarlKarl Kriebel	Heer	Generalmajor[70]	Commander of the 56. Infanterie-Division[66][70]	4 July 1940[70]	—	—
Krieg, GerhardGerhard Krieg	Heer	Oberwachtmeister[70]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 243[67][70]	28 March 1945[70]	—	—
Krieg, HaraldHarald Krieg	Heer	Oberleutnant[70]	Chief of the 4./Schützen-Regiment 1[66][70]	15 July 1941[70]	—	—
Krieg, Johann-OttoJohann-Otto Krieg	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See[70]	Chief of the Kleinkampfmittel-Flottille 361[66][70]	8 July 1944[70]	—	—
Krieger, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Krieger	Heer	Hauptmann[70]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 87[66][70]	7 September 1943*	Died of wounds 1 September 1943[70]	—
Krieger, WernerWerner Krieger	Heer	Major[70]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 17[66][70]	31 October 1944[70]	—	—
Krieger, WilhelmWilhelm Krieger	Heer	Feldwebel[71]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 168[66][71]	4 June 1944[71]	—	—
Kriening, HerbertHerbert Kriening	Heer	Feldwebel[71]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 234[72][Note 87]	23 August 1943[71]	—	—
Krings, JosefJosef Krings	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[71]	Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 412[71][72]	4 May 1944[71]	—	—
Krink, HeinzHeinz Krink	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[71]	Adjutant in the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[71][72]	9 June 1944[71]	—	—
Kroeg, HelmutHelmut Kroeg	Heer	Oberleutnant[71]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 45[71][72]	28 March 1945[71]	—	—
Kroehne, WilhelmWilhelm Kröhne	Heer	Major[71]	Commander of the Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 190[72][Note 88]	24 February 1945[71]	—	—
Krogmann, OttoOtto Krogmann	Heer	Unteroffizier[71]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 668[71][72]	9 November 1942[71]	—	—
Kroh, HansHans Kroh+	Luftwaffe	Major[71]	Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2[71][72]	21 August 1941[71]	Awarded 443rd Oak Leaves 6 April 1944 96th Swords 12 September 1944[71]
Krohn, ErnstErnst Krohn	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[71]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 505[71][72]	27 October 1943[71]	—	—
Krohn, HansHans Krohn	Heer	Gefreiter[71]	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 20[71][72]	6 April 1942[71]	—	—
Krohn, HansHans Krohn	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[71]	Radio operator in the 6./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[71][72]	26 March 1944[71]	—	—
Kroj, TheoTheo Kroj	Heer	Hauptmann[72][Note 89]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 87[71][72]	24 November 1943[71]	—	—
Kroll, HermannHermann Kroll	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[73]	Pilot in the 7.(F)/Lehrgeschwader 2[73][74]	5 April 1942[73]	—	—
Krombholz, Franz-JosefFranz-Josef Krombholz	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer[72][Note 90]	Commander of the III./SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 14 "Prinz Eugen"[72][Note 90]	28 March 1945[73]	—	—
Kron, OttoOtto Kron	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer[73]	Leader of the SS-Flak-Abteilung "Totenkopf"[74][Note 91]	28 June 1942[73]	—	—
Kroner, Max-GeorgMax-Georg Kroner	Heer	Hauptmann[73]	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 463[72][73]	17 October 1943[73]	—	—
Kropp, FritzFritz Kropp	Heer	Unteroffizier[73]	Group leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 48[72][73]	12 March 1944[73]	—	—
Kroschinski, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Kroschinski	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[73]	Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 54[72][73]	17 April 1945[73]	—	—
Kroseberg, HeinzHeinz Kroseberg	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann of the Reserves[73]	Staffelkapitän of the Wüstennotstaffel (emergency desert squadron)[72][73]	19 June 1942[73]	Missing in action 12 May 1942[72]	—
Krosigk, Dedo vonDedo von Krosigk	Heer	Hauptmann[73]	Chief of the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 51 (motorized)[72][73]	15 May 1942[73]	—	—
Krosigk, Ernst-Anton vonErnst-Anton von Krosigk+	Heer	Generalmajor[73]	Commander of the 1. Infanterie-Division[72][73]	12 February 1944[73]	Awarded 827th Oak Leaves 12 April 1945[73]
Kruck, KurtKurt Kruck	Heer	Oberleutnant[73]	Chief of the 4./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 96[73][74]	20 October 1944[73]	—	—
Krueck, Fritz[Prof. Dr.] Fritz Krück[Note 82]	Heer	Oberleutnant[73]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 226[72][73]	5 March 1945[73]	—	—
Krueder, Ernst-FelixErnst-Felix Krüder+	Kriegsmarine	Kapitän zur See[73]	Commander of auxiliary cruiser Pinguin (HSK 5)[72][73]	22 December 1940[73]	Awarded 40th Oak Leaves 15 November 1941[73]	—
Kruegel, AlbrechtAlbrecht Krügel+	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[75]	Commander of the II./SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge"[76][Note 92]	12 March 1944[75]	Awarded 651st Oak Leaves 16 November 1944[75]	—
Krüger, ErwinErwin Krüger	Heer	Oberfähnrich[75]	Spähtruppführer (reconnaissance patrol leader) in the Panzer-Späh-Schwadron/Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 24[77][Note 93]	17 September 1944[75]	—	—
Krüger, FelixFelix Krüger	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[75]	Spähtruppführer (reconnaissance patrol leader) in the Stabskompanie/Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6[75][76]	9 December 1944[75]	—	—
Krueger, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich Krüger	Waffen-SS	SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS and Police[75]	Commander of the 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord"[75][76]	22 October 1944[75]	—	—
Krueger, FritzFritz Krüger	Heer	Stabswachtmeister[75]	Battery officer in the 1./Artillerie-Regiment 37[75][76]	17 March 1945[75]	—	—
Krueger, Hans-HeinrichHans-Heinrich Krüger	Heer	Major im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[76][Note 94]	Leader of a Kampfgruppe in the 321. Infanterie-Division[76][Note 94]	3 December 1943[75]	—	—
Krueger, HelmutHelmut Krüger	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[75]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 151[75][76]	11 April 1944[75]	—	—
Krüger, HorstHorst Krüger	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[75]	Observer in the 3./Nacht-Aufklärungs-Staffel[77][Note 95]	4 November 1941[75]	—	—
Krueger, JoachimJoachim Krüger	Waffen-SS	SS-Untersturmführer[75]	Leader of the 10./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"[75][76]	24 June 1944*[75]	Died of wounds 14 August 1943[76]	—
Krueger, KurtKurt Krüger	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[75]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Panzer-Abteilung 8[75][76]	7 February 1944[75]	—	—
Krueger, KurtKurt Krüger	Heer	Oberwachtmeister[75]	Battery officer in the 2./Artillerie-Regiment 156[75][76]	31 July 1943*[75]	Died of wounds 12 July 1943[76]	—
Krueger, RudolfRudolf Krüger	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[75]	Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 32[75][76]	5 October 1941[75]	—
Krueger, WalterWalter Krüger+	Heer	Generalmajor[78]	Commander of the 1. Schützen-Brigade[76][78]	15 July 1941[78]	Awarded 373rd Oak Leaves 24 January 1944[78]	—
Krueger, WalterWalter Krüger+	Waffen-SS	SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS[78]	Commander of the SS-Polizei-Division[76][78]	13 December 1941[78]	Awarded 286th Oak Leaves 31 August 1943 120th Swords 11 January 1945[78]	—
Krueger, WaltherWalther Krüger	Heer	Oberstleutnant[78]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 71[76][Note 96]	27 August 1943[78]	—	—
Kruetzmann, Friedrich-KarlFriedrich-Karl Krützmann	Heer	Hauptmann[78]	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5[77][78]	3 March 1944[78]	—	—
Krugner, LeopoldLeopold Krugner	Heer	Unteroffizier[78]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 17[76][78]	14 February 1945[78]	—	—
Krumminga, HansHans Krumminga	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[78]	Pilot in the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[76][78]	19 September 1943[78]	—	—
Krupinski, WalterWalter Krupinski+	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[78]	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 52[76][78]	29 October 1942[78]	Awarded 415th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944[78]	—
Kruse, ErnstErnst Kruse+	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[78]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3[78][79]	6 October 1942[78]	Awarded 245th Oak Leaves 17 May 1943[78]	—
Kruse, GerhardGerhard Kruse+	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[78]	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 48[78][79]	23 February 1944[78]	Awarded 534th Oak Leaves 27 July 1944[78]	—
Kruse, HeinrichHeinrich Kruse	Heer	Hauptmann[78]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiments Gruppe 311[79][Note 97]	26 March 1944[78]	—	—
Kruse, HeinzHeinz Kruse	Heer	Feldwebel[78]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 655[79][Note 98]	23 March 1945[78]	—	—
Krutemeier, GustavGustav Krutemeier	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[80]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 99[79][80]	3 October 1942[80]	—	—
Ksiag, JohannJohann Ksiag	Heer	Feldwebel[80]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 176[79][80]	15 January 1943[80]	—	—
Kubel, WilhelmWilhelm Kubel	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[80]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 162[79][80]	30 September 1944[80]	—	—
Kubisch, WalterWalter Kubisch	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[80]	Radio/wireless operator in Nachtjagdgeschwader 3[79][Note 99]	31 December 1943[80]	—	—
Kuchar, JakobJakob Kuchar?[Note 100]	Heer	Gefreiter[79]	In the 8./Jäger-Regiment 228[79]	11 May 1945[79]	—	—
Kuebler, LudwigLudwig Kübler	Heer	Generalmajor[80]	Commander of the 1. Gebirgs-Division[79][80]	27 October 1939[80]	—
Kuechler, Georg vonGeorg von Küchler+	Heer	General der Artillerie[80]	Commander-in-chief of the 3. Armee[79][80]	30 September 1939[80]	Awarded 273rd Oak Leaves 21 August 1943[80]
Kuehl, Dr. jur. ErnstDr. jur. Ernst Kühl+	Luftwaffe	Oberst of the Reserves[79][Note 101]	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 55[79][80]	17 October 1942[80]	Awarded 356th Oak Leaves 18 December 1943[80]	—
Kuehl, HermannHermann Kühl	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[80]	Staffelkapitän of the 2./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"[79][80]	24 November 1940[80]	—	—
Kuehme, KurtKurt Kühme	Heer	Major[80]	Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 280[79][80]	9 December 1944[80]	—	—
Kuehn, FriedrichFriedrich Kühn	Heer	Generalmajor[80]	Commander of the 3. Panzer-Brigade[79][80]	4 July 1940[80]	—	—
Kuehn, Hans-JochenHans-Jochen Kühn	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[81]	Chief of the 9./Panzer-Regiment 36[79][81]	12 January 1944[81]	—	—
Kuehne, MartinMartin Kühne	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[81]	Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2[79][81]	29 February 1944[81]	—	—
Kuehnfels, Rudolf[Dr.] Rudolf Kühnfels[Note 45]	Heer	Oberleutnant[81]	Company chief in Jäger-Regiment 54[79][81]	9 December 1944[81]	—	—
Kuemmel, JohannesJohannes Kümmel+	Heer	Oberleutnant[81]	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 8[81][82]	9 July 1941[81]	Awarded 133rd Oak Leaves 11 October 1942[81]	—
Kuemmling, OttoOtto Kümmling	Heer	Unteroffizier[81]	Group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 530[79][81]	4 May 1944[81]	—	—
Kuendiger, HerbertHerbert Kündiger+	Heer	Major[81]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 978[81][83]	9 December 1944[81]	Awarded 708th Oak Leaves 21 January 1945[81]	—
Kuenkel, ChristianChristian Künkel	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[81]	Pilot in the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3[81][83]	26 March 1944*[81]	Killed in action 27 January 1944[83]	—
Kuennecke, HeinzHeinz Künnecke	Heer	Oberleutnant[81]	Chief of the 2./Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 500[81][83]	16 November 1943[81]	—	—
Kuensberg-Weidenberg, Heino Reichsfreiherr vonHeino Reichsfreiherr von Künsberg-Weidenberg	Heer	Oberstleutnant[81]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 188[81][83]	16 September 1943[81]	—	—
Kuenzel, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Künzel	Heer	Oberleutnant[81]	Leader of the 3./Schützen-Regiment 10[81][83]	22 September 1941[81]	—	—
Kuenzel, Karl-FriedrichKarl-Friedrich Künzel	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See[81]	Group leader and commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[81][83]	12 December 1943[81]	—	—
Kuersten, HansHans Kürsten	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[84]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 7[83][84]	11 October 1941[84]	—	—
Kuesel, AlfredAlfred Küsel	Heer	Rittmeister[84]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 4[83][84]	12 December 1944[84]	—	—
Kuespert, KarlKarl Küspert	Heer	Hauptmann[84]	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 35[83][84]	16 October 1944[84]	—	—
Kuester, FerdinandFerdinand Kuester	Heer	Oberleutnant[84]	Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 58[83][84]	27 October 1943[84]	—	—
Kuester, HeinzHeinz Küster	Heer	Leutnant[84]	Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 108[83][84]	15 July 1943[84]	—	—
Kuester, RudolfRudolf Küster	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[84]	Pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"[83][84]	17 March 1945[84]	—	—
Kuester, WilhelmWilhelm Küster	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[84]	Pilot in Wettererkundungsstaffel 26 (6.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122)[83][Note 102]	18 May 1943[84]	—	—
Kuffner, AndreasAndreas Kuffner+	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[84]	Staffelführer of the 4./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[83][Note 103]	16 April 1943[84]	Awarded 684th Oak Leaves 20 December 1944[84]	—
Kugelstadt, OttoOtto Kugelstadt	Heer	Feldwebel[84]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 485[83][84]	26 December 1944[84]	—	—
Kugler, EugenEugen Kugler	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[84]	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 19 "List"[83][84]	5 April 1945[84]	—	—
Kugler, JosefJosef Kugler	Heer	Unteroffizier[84]	Group leader in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 200 (motorized)[83][84]	3 November 1944[84]	—	—
Kuhenne, HelmutHelmut Kuhenne	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[83][Note 104]	Radio operator in the Stab/Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 3[83][85]	20 January 1945[83][Note 104]	—	—
Kuher, JosefJosef Kuher[Note 105]	Heer	Oberwachtmeister[85]	Battery officer and Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 7./schweres Werfer-Regiment 3 (motorized)[83][85]	9 May 1945[83][Note 106]	—	—
Kuhlmann, HerbertHerbert Kuhlmann	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer[85]	Commander of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[83][85]	13 February 1944[85]	—	—
Kuhlmey, KurtKurt Kuhlmey	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[85]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3[83][85]	15 July 1942[85]	—	—
Kuhlwilm, WilhelmWilhelm Kuhlwilm	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[85]	Company leader in the Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Hermann Göring"[85][87]	30 November 1944[85]	—	—
Kuhn, KarlKarl Kuhn	Heer	Hauptmann[85]	Leader of a Rückkampfgruppe "Kuhn" (formerly Grenadier-Regiment 81)[85][87]	26 November 1944[85]	—	—
Kuhn, OttoOtto Kuhn	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[85]	Chief of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13[85][87]	7 March 1943[85]	—	—
Kuhn, WalterWalter Kuhn	Heer	Obergefreiter[85]	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1[85][87]	23 August 1943[85]	—	—
Kuhna, BernhardBernhard Kuhna	Heer	Oberleutnant[87][Note 107]	Leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 508[85][87]	12 January 1942[85]	—	—
Kuhnert, AlfredAlfred Kuhnert	Heer	Oberst[85]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 51 (motorized)[85][87]	20 April 1944[85]	—	—
Kuhnert, ManfredManfred Kuhnert	Heer	Gefreiter[85]	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 442[87][Note 108]	22 January 1944[85]	—	—
Kuhnke, GünterGünter Kuhnke	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant[85]	Commander of U-28[85][87]	19 September 1940[85]	—	—
Kuhnle, TheophilTheophil Kuhnle	Heer	Hauptmann[87][Note 109]	Chief of Sturmgeschütz-Kompanie 1014[87][88]	18 February 1945[88]	—	—
Kujacinski, NorbertNorbert Kujacinski	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[88]	Chief of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 23[87][88]	18 November 1944[88]	—	—
Kullmer, ArthurArthur Kullmer+	Heer	Generalleutnant[88]	Commander of the 296. Infanterie-Division[87][88]	27 October 1943[88]	Awarded 758th Oak Leaves 28 February 1945[88]	—
Kulot, JosefJosef Kulot	Heer	Obergefreiter[88]	Group leader in the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 60 (motorized)[87][88]	24 September 1942[88]	—	—
Kulp, KarlKarl Kulp	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel[88]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Hermann Göring"[87][Note 110]	5 September 1944[88]	—	—
Kuls, [Prof. Dr.] Wolfgang[Prof. Dr.] Wolfgang Kuls[Note 82]	Heer	Rittmeister[88]	Commander of the III./Panzer-Regiment 24[87][88]	24 February 1945[88]	—	—
Kult, JosefJosef Kult+	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[88]	Leader of the 3./Jäger-Regiment 228[87][88]	7 October 1942[88]	Awarded 212th Oak Leaves 15 March 1943[88]	—
Kumm, OttoOtto Kumm+	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmbannführer[88]	Commander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment (motorized) "Der Führer"[87][Note 111]	16 February 1942[88]	Awarded 221st Oak Leaves 6 April 1943 138th Swords 17 March 1945[88]
Kummer, AlfredAlfred Kummer	Luftwaffe	Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel[88]	Pilot in the 11./Transportgeschwader 2[87][88]	18 November 1944[88]	—	—
Kummer, GotthardGotthard Kummer	Heer	Feldwebel[88]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 45[87][88]	11 March 1943[88]	—	—
Kummetz, OskarOskar Kummetz	Kriegsmarine	Konteradmiral[88]	Leader of Kampfgruppe Oslo[87][88]	18 January 1941[88]	—
Kunert, GerhardGerhard Kunert+	Heer	Obergefreiter[89]	Group leader of the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33[87][89]	16 September 1943[89]	Awarded 606th Oak Leaves 4 October 1944[89]	—
Kunert, HansHans Kunert	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves[89]	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 5[87][89]	23 August 1944[89]	—	—
Kunert, RudolfRudolf Kunert	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[89]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 401[87][89]	21 September 1944[89]	—	—
Kunkel, Kurt-ErnstKurt-Ernst Kunkel?[Note 112]	Luftwaffe	Leutnant[87]	Company chief in the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4[87]	30 April 1945[87]	—	—
Kunkel, RolfRolf Kunkel	Heer	Major[89]	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 26[87][89]	17 March 1945*[89]	Killed in action 29 November 1944[87]	—
Kunsch, ErwinErwin Kunsch	Heer	Hauptmann[89]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 232[89][90]	24 November 1943*[89]	Died of wounds 28 September 1943[90]	—
Kuntz, AlbertAlbert Kuntz	Heer	Hauptmann[89]	Leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2[89][90]	6 February 1944[89]	—	—
Kuntz, HerbertHerbert Kuntz	Luftwaffe	Leutnant of the Reserves[90][Note 113]	Pilot in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 100[89][90]	14 March 1943[89]	—	—
Kuntze, AlbrechtAlbrecht Kuntze	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[89]	Pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 26[89][90]	16 May 1940[89]	—	—
Kuntze, WalterWalter Kuntze	Heer	General der Pioniere[89]	Commanding general of the XXXXII. Armeekorps[89][90]	18 October 1941[89]	—	—
Kuntzen, Adolf-FriedrichAdolf-Friedrich Kuntzen	Heer	Generalleutnant[89]	Commander of the 8. Panzer-Division[89][90]	3 June 1940[89]	—	—
Kunz, HermannHermann Kunz	Heer	Leutnant[89]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 37[89][90]	17 December 1943[89]	—	—
Kunz, KarlKarl Kunz	Heer	Oberst[89]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 412[89][90]	6 April 1944*[89]	Died of wounds 31 January 1944[90]	—
Kunz, [Dr.] Rudolf[Dr.] Rudolf Kunz[Note 45]	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[91]	Leader of Schnelle Abteilung 306[90][91]	10 June 1943[91]	—	—
Kunze, ErhardErhard Kunze	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[91]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 341 (motorized)[90][91]	22 February 1942*[91]	Killed in action 6 January 1942[90]	—
Kunze, GottfriedGottfried Kunze	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[91]	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 211[90][91]	20 April 1945[91]	—	—
Kunze, HerbertHerbert Kunze	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel[91]	Observer in a Kampfgeschwader[90][Note 114]	31 October 1944[91]	—	—
Kunzmann, KarlKarl Kunzmann	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[91]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Panzer-Regiment 35[90][91]	21 September 1944*[91]	Killed on active service 5 August 1944[90]	—
Kupfer, BaptistBaptist Kupfer	Heer	Grenadier[91]	Machine gunner in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 544[90][Note 115]	25 July 1944[91]	—	—
Kupfer, Dr. jur. ErnstDr. jur. Ernst Kupfer+	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[91]	Staffelkapitän of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[90][91]	23 November 1941[91]	Awarded 173rd Oak Leaves 8 January 1943 62nd Swords 11 April 1944[91]	—
Kupka, HansHans Kupka	Heer	Leutnant[91]	Company leader in Grenadier-Regiment 20 (motorized)[90][91]	14 November 1943*[91]	Died of wounds 15 October 1943[90]	—
Kupke, GeorgGeorg Kupke[Note 116]	Heer	Oberstleutnant[91]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1075[90][91]	18 November 1944[91]	—	—
Kuppinger, [Dr.] Ernst[Dr.] Ernst Kuppinger+[Note 45]	Heer	Hauptmann[91]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 352[90][91]	24 December 1944[91]	Awarded 819th Oak Leaves 5 April 1945[91]	—
Kuppisch, HerbertHerbert Kuppisch	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant[92]	Commander of U-94[90][92]	14 May 1941[92]	—	—
Kupsch, GottfriedGottfried Kupsch	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[92]	Leader of the 1./Radfahr-Abteilung 72[90][92]	3 September 1942*[92]	Killed in action 16 June 1942[90]	—
Kurowski, Eberhard vonEberhard von Kurowski	Heer	Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[92]	Chief of the Generalstab XXXX. Armeekorps[90][92]	23 January 1942[92]	—	—
Kurscheid, HansHans Kurscheid	Heer	Leutnant[92]	Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 426[90][92]	28 October 1944[92]	—	—
Kursell, Claus vonClaus von Kursell	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[92]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 3[90][92]	17 October 1944[92]	—	—
Kurz, HansHans Kurz	Heer	Hauptmann[92]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 994[92][93]	9 December 1944[92]	—	—
Kurz, KarlKarl Kurz	Heer	Oberleutnant[92]	Chief of the 9./Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 95[92][93]	5 March 1945[92]	—	—
Kurz, RudolfRudolf Kurz	Luftwaffe	Oberfähnrich[92]	Leader of the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 12[93][Note 117]	18 November 1944[92]	—
Kurz, WilhelmWilhelm Kurz	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[92]	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 125[92][93]	20 October 1944[92]	—	—
Kurze, MaxMax Kurze	Heer	Major of the Reserves[92]	Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 187[92][93]	20 September 1944[92]	—	—
Kusatz, FranzFranz Kusatz	Luftwaffe	Major[92]	Staffelkapitän of the Nachtaufklärungs Staffel[93][Note 118]	25 November 1942*[92]	Killed in flying accident 25 October 1942[93]	—
Kuske, OrtwinOrtwin Kuske	Waffen-SS	SS-Untersturmführer[94]	Leader of the 3./SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17 "Götz von Berlichingen"[95][Note 119]	26 November 1944[94]	—	—
Kutscha, HerbertHerbert Kutscha	Luftwaffe	Leutnant of the Reserves[93][Note 120]	Pilot in the II./Schnellkampfgeschwader 210[93][Note 120]	24 September 1942[94]	—	—
Kutscher, AlfredAlfred Kutscher	Heer	Leutnant[94]	Leader of the 2./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 35[94][95]	18 January 1944[94]	—	—
Kutschkau, ErnstErnst Kutschkau+	Heer	Oberfeldwebel of the Reserves[93][Note 121]	Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 3[93][94]	16 April 1944[94]	Awarded 777th Oak Leaves 11 March 1945[94]	—
Kuzmany, AlfredAlfred Kuzmany	Heer	Oberstleutnant[94]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 338[93][94]	2 February 1942[94]	—	—
Kylling-Schmidt, EkkehardEkkehard Kylling-Schmidt+	Heer	Leutnant[94]	Leader of the 3./Infanterie-Regiment 26[93][94]	20 October 1941[94]	Awarded 150th Oak Leaves 4 December 1942[94]	—
Kynast, PaulPaul Kynast	Heer	Oberstleutnant[94]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 587[93][94]	4 June 1944*[94]	Killed in action 16 April 1944[94]	—

Notes

1. Großadmiral and President of Germany Karl Dönitz, Hitler's successor as Head of State (Staatsoberhaupt) and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, had ordered the cessation of all promotions and awards as of 11 May 1945 (Dönitz-decree). Consequently the last Knight's Cross awarded to Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves Georg-Wolfgang Feller on 17 June 1945 must therefore be considered a de facto but not de jure hand-out.^[2]
2. For an explanation of the various naming schemes used by the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS refer to nomenclature used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
3. According to Scherzer as Leader of a Kette ("chain" or flight of three) in the Aufklärungsstaffel 1.(F)/124 (Kette Lappland).^[19]
4. According to Scherzer on 5 April 1944 as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Hermann Göring".^[19]
5. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the Aufklärungsstaffel 3.(F)/121.^[19]
6. According to Scherzer as commander of Kampfgruppe "Sonnenstuhl" [an alarm unit with the II. SS-Panzerkorps, in the battle area of Arnhem/Netherlands].^[19]
7. According to Scherzer no doctor title and as leader of the 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505.^[22]
8. According to Scherzer as commander of Feld-Ersatz-Regiment Panzer AOK 3.^[22]
9. Rudolf von Knebel-Doeberitz's original nomination for the Knight's Cross by his unit was either lost or not forwarded due to the military situation. A second nomination was made after the evacuation of East Prussia and the capitulation of Germany. This nomination was never processed. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) handled this case in 1982 and decided: "Knight's Cross yes, 8 May 1945". The presentation date was later changed by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.^[23]
10. According to Scherzer as Major.^[22]
11. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2.^[22]
12. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1.^[22]
13. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (Norwegian Nr. 1).^[25]
14. According to Scherzer as commander of the Flak-Sturm-Abteilung I./7.^[25]
15. According to Scherzer as adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 266.^[25]
16. According to Scherzer as commander of the Fliegerhorst (airfield) Wiesbaden, leader of the Alarmeinheit (emergency unit) in area of Wiesbaden near Remagen.^[27]
17. According to Scherzer as Geschwaderkommodore of Lehrgeschwader 1.^[27]
18. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in Grenadier-Regiments Gruppe 481.^[27]
19. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee.^[23]
20. According to Scherzer as leader of a Kampfgruppe of Grenadier-Regiment 50 in the fortress Posen [presumably a "Gneisenau-Einheit" of Wehrkreis III].^[30]
21. According to Fellgiebel Dietrich Koch is delisted without reason.^[8]
22. According to Scherzer as General der Infanterie.^[30]
23. According to Scherzer as leader of Sturmzug (assault platoon) of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15.^[30]
24. According to Scherzer as commander of Luftlande-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch".^[30]
25. According to Scherzer as Leutnant (war officer).^[31]
26. According to Scherzer as Leutnant of the Reserves.^[33]
27. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves.^[33]
28. Walter Koehler's nomination by his unit was sent to the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) as a teleprinter message on 15 May 1945. The HPA received this message on 16 May 1945. Major Joachim Domaschk noted "not processed". The presentation date is an assumption of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[34]
29. According to Scherzer as commander of the III./Regiment 4 "Brandenburg".^[35]
30. According to Scherzer as chief of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 199 "List".^[35]
31. According to Scherzer as leader of Infanterie-Regiment 352.^[35]
32. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 11.^[35]
33. According to Scherzer name is Franz-Heinz Koenig.^[35]
34. According to Scherzer as Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 111.^[37]
35. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 52.^[37]
36. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 27.^[38]
37. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves.^[38]
38. Walter Körner's nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) end of March 1945. There is no entry date listed on the file card nor in the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses). The HPA created a nomination request with the number 4980, which does not exist anymore, and according to the file card was submitted for further processing on 4 April 1945. No further comments or notes indicate that the nomination was finalized. Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archives stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Körner received the Knight's Cross. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel assigned the presentation date. Krätschmer claims that the award was approved on 9 May 1945.^[34]
39. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann".^[38]
40. According to Scherzer as chief of the 1./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 257.^[38]
41. According to Scherzer as Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12.^[41]
42. According to Scherzer as Major.^[41]
43. According to Scherzer as pilot and observer in the 1./Nahaufklärungsgruppe 2.^[41]
44. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 2./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5.^[41]
45. The brackets around the doctor title [Dr.] denotes that the academic title was attained after the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded.
46. Ewald Koj's nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 15 April 1945. Major Joachim Domaschk decided on 16 April: "Actions, even if posthumously, do not justify presentation of the Knight's Cross." A Heerespersonalamt-Verleihungsvorschlag (HPA-VV—Army Staff Office Nomination Recommendation) Nr. 5077 was created on 18 April and then forwarded, indicating that the nomination had been rejected. No further information regarding the approval or presentation of the Knight's Cross is indicated. The book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) notes an entry date of 16 April and forwarded on 18 April. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.^[34]
47. According to Scherzer as commander of leichte Flak-Abteilung 91.^[43]
48. According to Scherzer as Major of the Reserves.^[43]
49. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 7./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4.^[46]
50. According to Scherzer as chief of the general staff of Luftflotte 3.^[46]
51. According to Scherzer as Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 4.(schwer)/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26.^[46]
52. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves.^[47]
53. According to Scherzer as commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 4.^[47]
54. According to Scherzer as commander of Flak-Regiment 37.^[47]
55. Martin Kordemann's nomination by his unit was sent to the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) as a teleprinter message on 10 May 1945. Major Joachim Domaschk asked the Heeresgruppe C the date of action and the presentation date of the Iron Cross 1st class, which was answered on the same day. Major Domaschk approved the nomination and noted "Knight's Cross yes" without stating a date. There is no evidence of the presentation, which would anyhow have been illegal. The presentation date is an assumption of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[34]
56. According to Scherzer as commander of the 2. Flieger-Division.^[52]
57. According to Scherzer as chief of the 3./SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 18.^[52]
58. According to Scherzer name is spelled Otto Kislenko.^[54]
59. According to Scherzer as Ia (operations officer)/X. Fliegerkorps.^[53]
60. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 3.^[53]
61. According to Scherzer as commander of the I./2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler".^[53]
62. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12./Grenadier-Regiment (motorized) 29.^[53]
63. According to Scherzer on 23 December 1942.^[57]
64. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant.^[57]
65. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 7./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6.^[57]
66. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2.^[57]
67. According to Scherzer as Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 19.^[58]
68. According to Scherzer as chief of the 15. and leader of the III./Jäger-Regiment 83.^[58]
69. According to Scherzer as Geschützkanonier (gunner) in the 19./Fallschirm-Flak-Regiment "Hermann Göring".^[60]
70. According to Scherzer as commander of the I.(motorized)/Artillerie-Regiment 65.^[60]
71. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann zur Verwendung (for disposition).^[60]
72. According to Scherzer as Kompanieführer (company leader) in the I./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring".^[60]
73. According to Scherzer as commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26.^[61]
74. According to Scherzer as commander of Flak-Regiment 91.^[61]
75. According to Scherzer name is spelled Bernhard Kraus who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 128.^[60]
76. According to Scherzer as leader of SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15.^[61]
77. According to Scherzer on 14 February 1942 as chief of the 1./Flak-Regiment 11.^[61]
78. According to Scherzer as leader of the 2./Hochgebirgsjäger-Bataillon 201, killed in action on 19 December 1944.^[61]
79. According to Scherzer as battalion commander in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 261.^[63]
80. According to Scherzer as battery officer in 11./Artillerie-Regiment 6 (L).^[63]
81. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves.^[63]
82. The brackets around the professor and doctor title [Prof. Dr.] denotes that the academic title was attained after the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded.
83. According to Scherzer as chief of the 1./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 656.^[65]
84. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2.^[65]
85. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "863" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Karl Kreutz was member of the AKCR.^[69]
86. According to Scherzer on 29 May 1940.^[70]
87. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12./Grenadier-Regiment 234.^[71]
88. According to Scherzer as commander of the leichte Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 190.^[71]
89. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves.^[71]
90. According to Scherzer as SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves and commander of the III./SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 14.^[73]
91. According to Scherzer as leader of the Flak-Abteilung SS-"Totenkopf"-Division.^[73]
92. According to Scherzer as commander of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Norge" (Norwegian Nr. 1).^[75]
93. According to Scherzer as Spähtruppführer (reconnaissance patrol leader) in the Panzer-Späh-Schwadron 24.^[75]
94. According to Scherzer as Major assigned to General Staff training with Stab/321. Infanterie-Division and leader of a Kampfgruppe of the 321. Infanterie-Division.^[75]
95. According to Scherzer as observer in the Aufklärungsstaffel 3.(F)/Nacht.^[75]
96. According to Scherzer as commander of Grenadier-Regiment (motorized) 71.^[78]
97. According to Scherzer as commander of Grenadier-Regiments Gruppe 311.^[78]
98. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 655.^[78]
99. According to Scherzer as radio/wireless operator in the Stab/Nachtjagdgeschwader 3.^[80]
100. Jakob Kuchar's nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 11 April 1945. Major approved the nomination on 12 April 1945. A Heerespersonalamt-Verleihungsvorschlag (HPA-VV—Army Staff Office Nomination Recommendation) Nr. 5085 was created on 19 April. According to the file card, this HPA-VV was forwarded for approval. No further information regarding the approval or presentation of the Knight's Cross is indicated. The presentation date is an assumption of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[69]
101. According to Scherzer as Oberstleutnant of the Reserves.^[80]
102. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the Wettererkundungsstaffel 26.^[84]
103. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann".^[84]
104. According to Scherzer on 24 January 1945 as Feldwebel.^[85]
105. Spelling of name may also be Josef Kuper.^[86]
106. According to Scherzer on 5 March 1945.^[85]
107. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves.^[85]
108. According to Scherzer as Richtschütze (gunner) in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 442.^[85]
109. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves.^[88]
110. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring".^[88]
111. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Regiment (motorized) "Der Führer".^[88]
112. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by the commanding general of the I Parachute Corps, General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich.^[69]
113. According to Scherzer as Leutnant (war officer).^[89]
114. According to Scherzer as observer in the 8./Kampfgeschwader 26.^[91]
115. According to Scherzer as machine gunner in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 544.^[91]
116. According to Scherzer name is spelled Georg Kupka.^[91]
117. According to Scherzer as leader of the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment (12).^[92]
118. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the Aufklärungsstaffel 1.(F)/Nacht.^[92]
119. According to Scherzer as leader of the 3./SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17.^[94]
120. According to Scherzer as Leutnant (war officer) and pilot in the 6./Zerstörergeschwader 1.^[94]
121. According to Scherzer as Oberfeldwebel.^[94]

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Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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• Williamson, Gordon; Bujeiro, Ramiro (2004). Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves Recipients 1939–40. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-641-6.

Further reading

• Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6.
• Fraschka, Günther (1994). Knights of the Reich. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military/Aviation History. ISBN 978-0-88740-580-8.

External links

• "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2011.
• "Das Bundesarchiv". Military Archive - Freiburg im Breisgau. Retrieved 2 January 2011.