Recipients
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists for the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) and 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. Of the 32 awards made to servicemen whose last name starts with "U", four were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and one presentation was made posthumously. Heer members received 23 of the medals, none went to the Kriegsmarine, seven to the Luftwaffe, and two to the Waffen-SS.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
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 | Date of award | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubben, KurtKurt Ubben | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 77 | 01941-09-044 September 1941 | Awarded 80th Oak Leaves 01942-03-1212 March 1942 | — |
| Ude, OttoOtto Ude | Heer | Oberwachtmeister | Platoon leader in the 1./Radfahr-Abteilung 30 | 01943-01-1515 January 1943 | — | — |
| Udet, Dr.-Ing. h.c. ErnstDr.-Ing. h.c. Ernst Udet | Luftwaffe | General der Flieger | Generalluftzeugmeister im OKL | 01940-07-044 July 1940 | — | |
| Uebe, KlausKlaus Uebe | Luftwaffe | Generalmajor | Chief of the general staff of Luftflotte 2 | 01944-06-099 June 1944 | — | — |
| Ueberschaar, FriedrichFriedrich Überschaar | Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91 | 01944-12-099 December 1944 | — | — |
| Ueltzhöfer, EugenEugen Ueltzhöfer | Heer | Gefreiter | Driver in the 3./Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment 5 (motorized) in the fortress Schneidemühl | 01945-02-1212 February 1945 | — | — |
| Uhde, HansHans Uhde | Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 424 | 01943-01-1515 January 1943 | — | — |
| Uhl, Hans Hans Uhl | Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 430 | 01943-01-2222 January 1943 | — | — |
| Uhl, RudolfRudolf Uhl | Heer | Leutnant | Adjudant of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 141 | 01944-11-055 November 1944 | — | — |
| Uhlig, AlexanderAlexander Uhlig | Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel of the Reserves | Platoon leader in the 16./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 | 01944-10-2929 October 1944 | — | — |
| Uhlig, Gottfried Gottfried Uhlig | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 43 | 01944-11-2626 November 1944 | — | — |
| Uhlig, MartinMartin Uhlig | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 88 | 01945-03-1111 March 1945 | — | — |
| Uhren, FranzFranz Uhren | Heer | Feldwebel | Platoon leader in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment 366 | 01944-10-2828 October 1944 | — | — |
| Ulich, MaxMax Ulich | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 15 (motorized) | 01943-11-022 November 1943 | — | — |
| Ullrich, KarlKarl Ullrich | Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Pionier-Bataillon 3 "Totenkopf" | 01942-02-1919 February 1942 | Awarded 480th Oak Leaves 01944-05-1414 May 1944 | — |
| Ulms, UlrichUlrich Ulms | Heer | Oberstleutnant im Generalstab | Chief of the general staff Korpsgruppe "von Gottberg" (XII. SS-Armeekorps) | 01944-08-1212 August 1944 | — | — |
| Ulrich, EmilEmil Ulrich | Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle" | 01945-02-077 February 1945 | — | — |
| Unfried, WillibaldWillibald Unfried | Heer | Gefreiter | 1st machine gunner in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 213 | 01942-03-044 March 1942 | — | — |
| Unger, HeinzHeinz Unger | Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 1./Schützen-Regiment 10 | 01941-09-044 September 1941 | — | — |
| Unger, WillyWilly Unger | Luftwaffe | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | Pilot in the IV.(Sturm)/Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | 01944-10-2323 October 1944 | — | — |
| Unold, Georg vonGeorg von Unold | Heer | Oberst im Generalstab | Deputy leader of the 227. Infanterie-Division | 01945-03-2020 March 1945 | — | — |
| Unrau, HeinzHeinz Unrau? | Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 51 | 01945-05-011 May 1945 | — | — |
| Unrein, MartinMartin Unrein | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 | 01943-09-1010 September 1943 | Awarded 515th Oak Leaves 01944-06-2626 June 1944 | — |
| Unruh, KurtKurt Unruh | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | 01944-02-2929 February 1944 | — | — |
| Unruhe, JohannesJohannes Unruhe | Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Platoon leader in the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 | 01945-03-2828 March 1945 | — | — |
| Usedom, Horst vonHorst von Usedom | Heer | Major | Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 61 | 01941-12-3131 December 1941 | Awarded 809th Oak Leaves 01945-03-2828 March 1945 | — |
| Usinger, ChristianChristian Usinger | Heer | Generalmajor | Leader of the 81. Infanterie-Division | 01944-09-1515 September 1944 | — | — |
| Uslar-Gleichen, Horst Freiherr vonHorst Freiherr von Uslar-Gleichen | Heer | Major | Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 190 | 01944-07-1111 July 1944 | — | — |
| Utgenannt, RichardRichard Utgenannt | Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptscharführer | Chief of the 3./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 4 | 01944-11-1616 November 1944 | — | — |
| Uthe, KonradKonrad Uthe | Heer | Major | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901 | 01944-08-1212 August 1944* | Killed in action 25 June 1944 | — |
| Utta, EwaldEwald Utta | Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 944 | 01944-10-2323 October 1944 | — | — |
| Utz, WillibaldWillibald Utz | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 | 01941-06-2121 June 1941 | — |
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