| Name | Rank | Born | Died | Notes [+ indicates died while crew of boat] |
| Albrand | Heinz | MtrOGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Assmann | Wilhelm | MaschOGfr | 02.11.1921 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ American escort carrier USS Core. 33 survivors lost Central Atlantic. 27.15N. 38.05W. |
| Ausserhofer | Josef | MtrOGfr | 17.04.1923 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Baden | Helmut | MaschMt | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Blass | Erich | BtsMt | 22.03.1920 | 16.02.1988 | U-462. MtrOGfr (03.42-04.43). U-487. Pow.13.07.43. After war member of UK-Hannover |
| Böhm | Werner | MaschMt | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Bothmer von | Hermann | OLt.z.S | | | U-604. 2WO. U-487 |
| Breuer | Matthias | OMasch | 30.11.1913 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic awards DKiG. 11.07.43.(u-487). |
| Brosch | Hans | MaschGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Bruns | Edmund-Peter-Hermann | MaschMt | 22.04.1922 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Brüssow | Willy | MechGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Burger | Gerhard | MaschOGfr | 20.06.1922 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Burose | Günther | Lt.z.S | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Dieling | Rolf | MaschMt | 30.11.1921 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Domschat | Heinz | BtsMt | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Fischer | Heinrich | FkMt | 13.09.1920 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Freese | Hans | Lt.z.S.d.R | | | "U-487. home is in Hamburg. He was an officer in the merchant marine, serving with the Deutsch-Afrika Linie, before entering the German Navy after the war began. Pow.13.07.43." |
| Gensch | Alfred | MtrGfr | 08.06.1923 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Haas | Willy | MaschGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Harras | Gustav | Btsm | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Heidorn | Günter | SanGfr | 22.09.1924 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Heiser | Hermann | MaschGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Hinkelmann | Louis | MtrGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Hofmann | Walter | VerwOGfr | 29.09.1912 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Hummel | Heinrich | MaschMt | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Käbberich | August | MtrGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Kaminsky | Arno | MtrOGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Kastenholz | Clemens | MtrGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Kauzor | Arno | MtrOGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Kihs | Heinz | MaschOGfr | 31.05.1922 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Köhler | Erwin | OLt.ing | 07.06.1916 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Köhler | Josef | MtrGfr | 04.01.1925 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Krug | Joachim | OFähnr.z.S | | | "U-487. age 32, had worked up from the ranks. He was severely wounded in the action, and was not available for interrogation. Pow.13.07.43." |
| Ludwig | Ulrich | MaschOGfr | 01.03.1924 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Meinel | Gerhard | MaschMt | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Metz | Helmut | OLt.z.S.d.R.01.10.42 | 26.09.1906 | 13.07.1943 | "U-A. WO.(11.38-09.41). U-129. WO.(09.41-05.42). U-373. WO.(07.42-10.42). U-487+ Cdr.(12.42-07.43). was killed by machine gun fire on the bridge of his boat during the fatal attack. He was in his late 30's. He was well liked by his men and described as a good commanding officer: competent, firm and affable. " birthplace Möllenbeck lost Central Atlantic serial/entry Entry 1935 |
| Meyer | Werner | MaschMt | 25.09.1920 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Moltzau | Karl-Heinz | MaschGfr | 11.09.1921 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Murza | Friedrich | OFkMt | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Niegemann | Ernst | Lt.ing.d.R | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Nieland | Reinhard | OLt.z.S | 27.10.1921 | 16.04.1945 | U-487. Fahnr. U-880+ lost N.Atlantic. |
| Pötter | Bernhard | FkGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Rehrock | Herbert | Masch | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Reich | Heinz | FkGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Reindl | Franz | MaschGfr | 22.10.1923 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Roggatz | Günther | OMasch | 05.05.1915 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Rood | Kurt | MaschGfr | | | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 |
| Ruse | Adolf | MtrGfr | 06.11.1924 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Schmidt | Hellmut | Dr | 01.03.1907 | 13.07.1943 | U-487+ lost Central Atlantic |
| Schönfeld | Erich | OMasch | 14.04.1914 | 20.09.1999 | U-487. Pow.13.07.43 birthplace Auerschütz/Sachen |