| Name | Rank | Born | Died | Notes [+ indicates died while crew of boat] |
| Ackermann | Franz | Lt.z.S | 01.02.1922 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Alfred | Klaus | ObMt | 08.11.1912 | | U-561. Surv |
| Bartels | Robert | KKpt | 28.04.1911 | 20.08.1943 | U-21. 1937. U-139. Cdr.24.07.40-20.12.40. U-561. Cdr.13.03.41-05.09.42. U-197+ Cdr.10.10.42-20.08.43 birthplace Kiel-Pries lost Indian Ocean, S.of Madagascar serial/entry Class of 1935. awards DKiG. 28.08.42.(U-561). |
| Bayer | Alfred | | 00.00.1921 | | U-561. U-1234. U-3004 |
| Brutsch | Otto | MaschOGfr | 24.05.1922 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Buschmann | Hans-Georg | Lt.z.S | 16.02.1922 | | U-62. OFähnr U-561. U-187. pow.04.02.43 |
| Dallmann | Heinrich | MechOGfr | 15.08.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Damm | Karl-Heinz | Lt.ing | 21.06.1921 | 04.03.1944 | U-561. U-472+ lost Barents Sea serial/entry Crew of X/1940 |
| Dehling | Johann | MaschMt | 29.09.1921 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Deuble | Karl | MtrGfr | 28.01.1925 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Dorn | Rudi | OFkMt | 28.08.1919 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Ehrlich | Georg-Wilhelm | MechMt | 20.03.1915 | 08.04.1986 | U-139. U-561. Surv |
| Engels | Franz | | 24.07.1917 | | U-561. Surv |
| Feindt | Gerd | MechOGfr | 03.07.1922 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Fischer | Albert | MtrOGfr | 09.03.1922 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Flügge | Wilhelm | StOStrm | | | U-43. U-561 |
| Geissler | Johannes | KpLt | 01.10.1916 | | U-561. Training.(10.41-12.41) U-440. Cdr.(01.42-05.43) birthplace Rüdesheim serial/entry Crew of 1935 |
| Gerspacher | Georg | MaschOGfr | 17.03.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Gillo | Walter | BtsMt | 10.09.1920 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Girndt | Otto-Hermann | OLt.z.S.d.R | 05.10.1900 | 31.12.1967 | U-52. ObStrm. U-561. 1942 became Cdr.of u-boat tender Neisse & later Messina birthplace Bremen-Blumenthal lost Bremen |
| Grimmer | Günther | MechMt | 04.12.1919 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Gross | Hans-Hermann | | | | U-561. U-565. U-668 |
| Grütter | Bernhard | MtrOGfr | 12.04.1922 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Guldi | Erich | MaschOGfr | 06.09.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Günther | Hans | MaschOGfr | 02.01.1924 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Haase | Karl | OMasch | 29.10.1917 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Hansen | Werner | OLt.ing | | | U-561 |
| Hausenschild | Karl | | | | U-139. U-489. U-561 |
| Helms | Werner | OLt.z.S | | | U-561. Fahnr. U-649. 2WO. U-764. 1WO. U-1199 serial/entry Class of 1940 |
| Henning | Fritz | KpLt | 10.04.1917 | | U-561. 1WO.(01.42-04.43) Cdr.(06.43-07.43) U-565. Cdr.(10.43-09.44) U-668. Cdr.(04.45-05.45). Pow. Camp.174. Pow.No.B.132244 birthplace Schmira serial/entry Crew of 1937a |
| Henninger | Hermann | FkOGfr | 07.04.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Henschel | Siegfried | FkOGfr | 24.02.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Hinrichs | Hans | MaschGfr | 09.02.1925 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Iffinger | Friedrich | OMasch | 13.07.1915 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Jähn | Walter | MaschOGfr | 24.08.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Karsties | Werner | | 27.01.1921 | | U-57. U-561. U-2505. Surv |
| Kathe | Otto | MaschOGfr | 18.05.1922 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Kiel | Erwin | OStrm | 07.07.1902 | 06.10.1971 | U-561. U-564 awards DKiG. 06.11.43. |
| Klaue | Hermann | MaschOGfr | 01.10.1920 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Kleist | Rudolf | MaschMt | 30.07.1918 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Kremtz | Fritz | MaschGfr | 27.04.1925 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Lehmann | Alfred | MtrGfr | 11.08.1920 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Müller | Richard | MtrOGfr | 06.08.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Nicklaus | Ludwig | MtrOGfr | 28.09.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Ohm | Wilhelm | OBtsMt | 03.01.1913 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Overbeck | Hans | MtrOGfr | 13.05.1923 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Pauly | Stefan | MaschOGfr | 15.12.1921 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Prehm | Gerhard | MaschMt | 20.04.1918 | 12.07.1943 | U-561+ lost Straits of Messina |
| Redle | Hans | | | | U-561. Surv |
| Reese | Hans-Jürgen | OLt.z.S | 27.04.1918 | 26.10.1943 | U-561. 1WO.04.42-10.42. U-420+ Cdr.16.12.42-26.10.43 birthplace Oldenburg lost N.Atlantic serial/entry Crew of 1937a |