# List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ka–Km)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany 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. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. 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.
These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945]. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had been nominated for the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.
Listed here are the 289 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name is in the range "Ka–Km". Scherzer has challenged the validity of four of these listings. This is the first of two lists of all 717 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last names start with "K". The recipients whose last names are in the range "Kn–Kz" are listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Kn–Kz). 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. 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. 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). 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.

## Recipients

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. Of the 289 awards made to servicemen whose last name is in the range "Ka–Km", 36 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, five the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and one the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds; 20 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 192 of the medals; 15 went to the Kriegsmarine, 62 to the Luftwaffe, and 20 to the Waffen-SS. 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.
| Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit | Date of award | Notes | Image |
| Georg Kachel | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 670 | 4 May 1944 | — | — |
| Wolfgang Kaden | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of U-Jäger UJ-116 | 18 December 1940 | — | — |
| Herbert Kadenbach | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12./Jäger-Regiment 28 | 16 September 1942 | — | — |
| Hellmut Kaeber | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 1.(N)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 13 | 28 January 1945 | — | — |
| Walter Käding | Kriegsmarine | 10-MObersteuermann | 3rd watch officer and coxswain on U-123 | 15 May 1944 | — | — |
| Otto Kähler+ | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See | Commander of Hilfskreuzer "Thor" (HSK 4) | 22 December 1940 | Awarded 583rd Oak Leaves 15 September 1944 | |
| Edgar-Karl Kaehne | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 135 | 2 February 1942 | — | — |
| Hans Källner+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Schützen-Regiment 73 | 3 May 1942 | Awarded 392nd Oak Leaves 12 February 1944 106th Swords 23 October 1944 | — |
| Edmund Kämmerer | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 76 | 5 April 1945 | — | — |
| Helmut Kämpfe | Waffen-SS | 15-WSS-Sturmbannführer of the Reserves | Commander of the III.(gepanzerte)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" | 10 December 1943 | — | |
| Rudolf Kaeppel | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Chief of the Divisions-Begleit-Kompanie of the 11. Panzer-Division | 1 February 1945* | Killed in action 25 January 1945 | — |
| Josef Käs | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 19 | 18 July 1943 | — | — |
| Herbert Käseberg | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 156 | 14 April 1945 | — | — |
| Werner Kaessler | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108 | 27 August 1944* | Died of wounds 23 August 1944 | — |
| Robert Kaestner+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 105 | 11 December 1943 | Awarded 401st Oak Leaves 21 February 1944 | — |
| Ernst Kaether | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 14 | 10 December 1942 | — | — |
| Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 (Tiger) | 4 August 1943 | Awarded 513th Oak Leaves 26 June 1944 | — |
| Erbo Graf von Kageneck+ | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 27 | 30 July 1941 | Awarded 39th Oak Leaves 26 October 1941 | |
| Bruno Kahl+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the III./Panzer-Regiment 21 | 8 February 1943 | Awarded 270th Oak Leaves 8 August 1943 | — |
| Konrad Kahl | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 30 | 13 August 1942 | — | — |
| Helmuth Kahle | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Observer in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| Rudolf Kahle | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 40 | 2 September 1944 | — | — |
| Hans-Joachim Kahler+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 34 | 14 April 1943 | Awarded 355th Oak Leaves 17 December 1943 | — |
| Erich Kahsnitz | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | 15 July 1943 | — | — |
| Karl Kainz | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Chief of the 11./Jäger-Regiment 25 | 31 January 1945 | — | — |
| Albert Kaiser | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Chief of the 1./Gebirgs-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 44 | 21 August 1941* | Killed in action 6 August 1941 | — |
| Erich Kaiser | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 6./Panzer-Regiment 39 | 26 February 1942 | — | — |
| Herbert Kaiser | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 77 (later Jagdgeschwader 1) | 14 March 1943 | — | — |
| Vinzenz Kaiser | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer | Leader of the III.(gepanzerte)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" | 6 April 1943 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Kaiser | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Adjutant in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 4 February 1942 | — | — |
| Hans Kalb | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 320 | 29 February 1944 | — | — |
| Helmut Kalbitz+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 125 | 23 August 1941 | Awarded 366th Oak Leaves 7 January 1944 | — |
| Peter Kalden | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 13./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | 6 December 1944 | — | — |
| Rolf Kaldrack+ | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Zerstörergeschwader 76 | 2 November 1940 | Awarded 70th Oak Leaves 9 February 1942 | — |
| Georg Kaletsch | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 283 | 26 March 1944 | — | — |
| Herbert von Kalinowsky | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Volks-Werfer-Brigader 8 | 30 April 1945 | — | — |
| David Kalkgruber | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 3 | 19 August 1944 | — | — |
| Walter Kalkhoff | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader of the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 67 (motorized) | 26 May 1940 | — | — |
| Hennig-Tile von Kalm | Heer | 15-HMajor | Deputy leader of Grenadier-Regiment 24 | 17 September 1944 | — | — |
| Siegfried Kalow | Luftwaffe | 06-LUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 10./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Hermann Göring" | 29 October 1944* | Killed in action 12 August 1944 | — |
| Ernst Kals | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän | Commander of U-130 | 1 September 1942 | — | — |
| Alois Kalss | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 1./schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 | 23 August 1944 | — | — |
| Søren Kam | Waffen-SS | 12-WSS-Untersturmführer | Leader of the 1./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania" | 7 February 1945 | — | |
| Hans Kamecke | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 137. Infanterie-Division | 27 October 1943* | Killed in action 16 October 1943 | — |
| August Kaminski | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 3./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 655 | 6 October 1944 | — | — |
| Herbert Kaminski | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" | 6 August 1941 | — | — |
| Werner Kaminski? | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Ia (operations officer) of the Festungs-Division Kreta | 6 May 1945 | — | — |
| Emil Kaminsky+ | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in Infanterie-Regiment 446 | 15 October 1942 | Awarded 497th Oak Leaves 12 June 1944 | — |
| Werner Kamischke | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 4 | 9 January 1945 | — | — |
| Josef Kammhuber | Luftwaffe | 18-LGeneralmajor | Commander of the 1. Nachtjagd-Division | 9 July 1941 | — | |
| Gerhard von Kamptz+ | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän | Chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille | 6 October 1940 | Awarded 225th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943 | — |
| Johann Kamski | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter | In the 14./Grenadier-Regiment z.b.V. 1. Panzer-Armee | 30 April 1945 | — | — |
| Kurt Kannenberg | Heer | 11-HStabsfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506 | 9 December 1944* | Killed in action 17 November 1944 | — |
| Wolfgang Kapp | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Lehr-Brigade 920 | 3 March 1945 | — | — |
| Hans-Joachim Kappis+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Deputy leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 45 | 18 February 1945 | Awarded (849th) Oak Leaves 28 April 1945 | — |
| Franz Kapsreiter | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4.(Sturmgeschütz)/Führer-Grenadier-Brigade | 14 January 1945 | — | — |
| August Karau | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Leader of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 46 | 12 January 1945 | — | — |
| Adalbert Karbe | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 55 | 12 November 1941 | — | — |
| Fritz Karch | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" | 17 April 1945 | — | — |
| Karl-Ehrhart Karcher | Kriegsmarine | 13-MOberleutnant zur See | Commander of Schnellboot S-87 in the 4. Schnellbootflottille | 12 August 1943 | — | — |
| Georg Karck | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 9./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibsatndarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 3 August 1943 | — | — |
| Bruno Karczewski+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 162 | 12 March 1944 | Awarded 767th Oak Leaves 5 March 1945 | — |
| Hennecke Kardel | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Adjutant in the III./Grenadier-Regiment 399 | 23 February 1944 | — | — |
| Ulrich Karg | Heer | 06-HOberjäger | Leader of the bicycle platoon in the 17./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91 | 5 July 1943 | — | — |
| Franz Karl | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 263. Infanterie-Division | 5 August 1940 | — | — |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm Karl | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 11 "Nordland" | 26 December 1944 | — | — |
| Josef Karl+ | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Gun commander in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 49 | 26 August 1943 | Awarded 397th Oak Leaves 16 February 1944 | |
| Otto Karl | Kriegsmarine | 13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | Commander of Artillerie-Leichter AF-65 | 21 March 1945 | — | — |
| Gustav Karow | Heer | 17-HOberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 322 | 19 August 1944 | — | — |
| Albert Karrenberg | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 | 11 December 1944 | — | — |
| Friedrich Karst | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 461 | 28 August 1942 | — | — |
| Helmut Kassner | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 975 | 14 April 1945 | — | — |
| Andreas Kastl | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 20 (motorized) | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| Gustav Kastner | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Artillerie-Regiment 389 | 12 December 1944 | — | — |
| Josef Kastner | Heer | 06-HOberjäger | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Jäger-Regiment 207 | 2 June 1943 | — | — |
| Hans Katzenmeier | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 698 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| Horst Kaubisch+ | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | 16 November 1942 | Awarded 505th Oak Leaves 24 June 1944 | — |
| Helmut Kauermann | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Panzer-Regiment 2 | 20 March 1944 | — | — |
| Gerhard Kauffmann | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 256. Infanterie-Division | 9 July 1941 | — | — |
| Heinrich Kaup | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter | In the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 184 | 19 September 1943 | — | — |
| Paul-Albert Kausch+ | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Abteilung 11 "Hermann von Salza" | 23 August 1944 | Awarded (845th) Oak Leaves 23 April 1945? | — |
| Oskar Kautz | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 156 | 28 July 1943* | Killed in action 22 July 1943 | — |
| Alfred Kayß | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Company chief in Feldersatz-Bataillon 267 | 18 January 1944* | Killed in action 5 January 1944 | — |
| Paul Kazmeier | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 420 | 26 October 1943 | — | — |
| Franz Kecht | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 70 | 18 October 1943 | — | — |
| Johannes Keck | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23 | 18 February 1945 | — | — |
| Karl Keck | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer and Hauptmann of the Schutzpolizei | Leader of the 15.(Pionier)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 "Frundsberg" | 23 August 1944* | Killed in action 11 July 1944 | — |
| Ernst-Georg Kedzia+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 272 | 26 November 1944 | Awarded 794th Oak Leaves 23 March 1945 | — |
| Heinrich Keese+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 20 (motorized) | 20 October 1944 | Awarded 805th Oak Leaves 28 March 1945 | — |
| Karl-Ludwig Kegel | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 5./Panzer-Regiment 18 | 25 August 1941 | — | — |
| Otto Keichel | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Spähtruppführer (reconnaissance troop leader) in the 1./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Lehr-Abteilung 130 | 18 January 1945 | — | — |
| Anton Keil | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | 19 August 1940 | — | — |
| Günther Keil | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 919 | 27 July 1944 | — | — |
| Max Keil | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Deputy leader of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 8 in the DAK | 20 April 1943* | Killed in action 8 April 1943 | — |
| Siegfried Keiling | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of Artillerie-Abteilung 62 (russisch) | 4 October 1944 | — | — |
| Walter Keiner | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 62. Infanterie-Division | 17 July 1941 | — | — |
| Willy Keipp | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 124 | 30 October 1943 | — | — |
| Paul Keiser | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 326 | 6 November 1943 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Keitel | Heer | 21-HGeneraloberst | Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht | 30 September 1939 | — | |
| Albert Kelbch | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 120 | 12 November 1943* | Killed in action 8 November 1943 | — |
| Gerd Kelbling | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Commander of U-593 | 18 August 1943 | — | — |
| Alfred Keller | Luftwaffe | 20-LGeneral der Flieger | Commanding general of the IV. Fliegerkorps | 24 June 1940 | — | |
| Lothar Keller | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 3 | 9 July 1941* | Killed in flying accident 26 June 1941 | — |
| Ortwin Kellermann | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 1./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 72 | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| Wolfgang Kellner | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 24 | 14 April 1945 | — | — |
| Heinz Kemethmüller | Luftwaffe | 09-LFeldwebel | Pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | 2 October 1942 | — | — |
| Heinrich Kemler | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 78 | 14 April 1945 | — | — |
| Friedrich Kemnade+ | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Chief of the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 23 July 1942 | Awarded 249th Oak Leaves 27 May 1943 | — |
| Traugott Kempas+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 176 | 9 December 1944 | Awarded 757th Oak Leaves 28 February 1945 | — |
| Walter Kempe | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 248 | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| Karl Kempf | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 4 February 1942 | — | — |
| Werner Kempf+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 6. Panzer-Division | 3 June 1940 | Awarded 111th Oak Leaves 10 August 1942 | |
| Günther Kempin | Luftwaffe | 09-LFeldwebel | Pilot in the 14./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | 17 April 1945 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Kempke | Luftwaffe | 09-LFeldwebel | Group leader in the 1./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment (7. Flieger-Division) | 21 August 1941 | — | — |
| [Dr.] Heinrich Kempken | Luftwaffe | 09-LFahnenjunker-Feldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 3 | 29 October 1944 | — | — |
| Rudolf Kendler | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Tasked with the leadership of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 4 | 2 September 1944 | — | — |
| Karl Kennel+ | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | 19 September 1943 | Awarded 666th Oak Leaves 25 November 1944 | — |
| Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Commander of U-74 | 31 December 1941 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Keppel | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Assistant Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in 7./Artillerie-Regiment 227 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| Georg Keppler | Waffen-SS | 17-WSS-Oberführer | Commander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment (motorized) "Der Führer" in the SS-Verfügungs-Division (later "Das Reich") | 15 August 1940 | — | |
| Hans Keppler | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg" | 20 August 1942 | — | — |
| Ludwig Kepplinger | Waffen-SS | 10-WSS-Hauptscharführer | Shock troops leader and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Der Führer" | 4 September 1940 | — | — |
| Fritz Kercher | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1.(Sturmgeschütz)/Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 5 | 6 March 1944 | — | — |
| Horst Kerfin | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Chief of the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 | 24 May 1940 | — | — |
| Friedrich Kern | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the III./Artillerie-Regiment 198 | 30 December 1943 | — | — |
| Karl Kern | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 6./Transportgeschwader 3 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Kern | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 10./Grenadier-Regiment 44 | 5 April 1944 | — | — |
| Albert Kerscher | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Panzer commander in the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 | 23 October 1944 | — | — |
| Wolfram Kertz | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 8./Kampfgruppe "Bruhn" (II./SS-Panzerkorps) | 4 October 1944 | — | — |
| Hellmut Kerutt | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon "Kerutt" | 2 February 1945 | — | — |
| Karl Kessel | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 2 | 23 January 1944 | — | — |
| Mortimer von Kessel+ | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 20. Panzer-Division | 28 December 1943 | Awarded 611th Oak Leaves 16 October 1944 | |
| Wilhelm Kessel | Heer | 10-HOberwachtmeister | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Großdeutschland" | 23 February 1944 | — | — |
| Albert Kesselring+ | Luftwaffe | 20-LGeneral der Flieger | Chief of Luftflotte 1 | 30 September 1939 | Awarded 78th Oak Leaves 25 February 1942 15th Swords 18 July 1942 14th Diamonds 19 July 1944 | |
| Arnold Kessler | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 61 | 4 October 1944 | — | — |
| Hermann Keßler | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 192 | 17 September 1943 | — | — |
| Ulrich Kessler | Luftwaffe | 19-LGeneralleutnant | Fliegerführer Atlantik | 8 April 1944 | — | |
| Wolfgang Kessler | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Deputy leader of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 181 | 16 April 1944 | — | — |
| Dieter Kesten | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer | Leader of the 6./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | 12 November 1943 | — | — |
| Gerd Freiherr von Ketelhodt | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 472 | 13 July 1940 | — | — |
| Hans Ketscher | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Observer in the 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 121 | 24 November 1944 | — | — |
| Karl Ketterer | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Panzer-Regiment 15 | 24 March 1943 | — | — |
| Franz Ketterl | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 438 | 12 January 1942 | — | — |
| Hans Kettgen | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer | Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Schill" | 14 February 1945 | — | — |
| Rudolf Kettmann | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Assault gun leader in the Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1122 | 17 April 1945 | — | — |
| Dr. med. Walter Keup | Heer | 12-HAssistenzarzt (assistant doctor—rank equivalent to Leutnant) | Battalion doctor of the I./Füsilier-Regiment 202 | 21 March 1944 | — | — |
| Friedrich von Keußler | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1 | 23 February 1944 | — | — |
| Eduard Kiefer | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Chief of the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Hermann Göring" | 18 May 1943 | — | — |
| Hermann Kiefer | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Commander of Stellungs-Kampfgruppe XII./2 (416. Infanterie-Division) | 5 April 1945 | — | — |
| Martin Kiefer | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 320 | 12 August 1944 | — | — |
| Dr. phil. Emil Kieffer | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves | Chief of the 3. Minensuchflottille | 3 December 1944 | — | — |
| Rudolf Kiehl | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of the Kampfstaffel in the DAK Begleitkommando "Rommel" and leader of Kampfgruppe "Kiehl" | 6 July 1942 | — | — |
| Johannes Kiel | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant of the Reserves | Pilot in the I./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" | 18 March 1942 | — | — |
| Rudolf Kiel | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 55 | 20 December 1941 | — | — |
| Fritz Kienast | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Leader of the 1./Füsilier-Bataillon "Deba" | 9 April 1944 | — | — |
| August Kiene | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 14 | 4 May 1944 | — | — |
| Werner Kienitz | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the XVII. Armeekorps | 31 August 1941 | — | — |
| Willy Kientsch+ | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 27 | 22 November 1943 | Awarded 527th Oak Leaves 20 July 1944 | — |
| Heinrich Kiermeier | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 423 | 23 August 1944 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Kieser | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 313 | 16 September 1943 | — | — |
| Gustav Kieseritzky | Kriegsmarine | 19-MVizeadmiral | Commanding Admiral Schwarzes Meer (Black Sea) | 20 November 1943* | Killed in action 19 November 1943 | — |
| Peter Kiesgen | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 239 | 5 October 1941 | — | — |
| Franz Kieslich+ | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | 5 January 1943 | Awarded 619th Oak Leaves 18 October 1944 | — |
| Heinrich Kiesling+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 768 | 10 June 1943 | Awarded 321st Oak Leaves 7 November 1943 | — |
| Helmut Kiesling | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 336 | 1 September 1943 | — | — |
| [Dr.] Walter Kiess | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Chief of the Lastensegler-Kommando in the Fallschirmjäger-Sturm Abteilung "Koch" | 12 May 1940 | — | — |
| [Dr.] Gunter Kilian | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 2./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | 2 April 1945 | — | — |
| Gustav Kilian | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the 1./Infanterie-Wach-Bataillon 591 | 15 May 1942 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Kilian | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 102 | 8 February 1945 | — | — |
| Friedrich Kimmich | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Landwehr | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 554 | 11 December 1942 | — | — |
| Hans-Jörg Kimmich | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Regiment adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 119 (motorized) | 25 January 1945 | — | — |
| Georg Kinder | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 102 | 8 February 1944 | — | — |
| [Dr.] Alfred Kindler | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Kampfgeschwader 2 | 24 September 1942 | — | — |
| Helmut Kinz? | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer | Commander of Waffen-Gebirgs-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 13 of the SS | 3 May 1945 | — | — |
| Eberhard Kinzel | Heer | 17-HOberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) | In the Generalstab des Heeres | 23 December 1942 | — | |
| Rudi Kinzinger | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the Pionier-Kompanie/Jäger-Regiment 49 | 18 February 1945* | Killed in action 16 February 1945 | — |
| Walter Kipfmüller | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 2./Kampfgeschwader 77 | 29 October 1943 | — | — |
| Heinrich Kirchheim | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the Sonderstelle Libyen (special office Libya) and leader of the Italian Division "Brescia" | 14 May 1941 | — | |
| Ernst Kirchlehner | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 2./Füsilier-Bataillon 126 | 23 October 1944* | Killed in action 14 July 1944 | — |
| Friedrich Kirchner+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 1. Panzer-Division | 20 May 1940 | Award 391st Oak Leaves 12 February 1944 127th Swords 26 January 1945 | |
| Heinz Kirchner | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Schützen-Regiment 113 | 29 September 1941 | — | — |
| Kurt Kirchner | Heer | 09-HWachtmeister | Gun leader in Sturmgeschütz-Batterie 667 | 20 February 1942 | — | — |
| Otto Kirchner | Waffen-SS | 12-WSS-Untersturmführer | Leader of Stabsschwadron/SS-Reiter-Regiment 16 | 21 April 1944 | — | — |
| Dietrich Kirn | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of Frontaufklärungs-Kommando 202 | 12 December 1944 | — | — |
| Hans Kirn | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 8./Kampfgeschwader 6 | 29 February 1944 | — | — |
| Julius Kirn | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Chief of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 18 | 17 July 1941* | Died of wounds 16 July 1941 | — |
| Walter Kirsch | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 161 | 6 March 1944 | — | — |
| Heinz Kirsche | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 658 | 13 January 1942 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Kirschenmann | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 82 | 12 March 1943 | — | — |
| Joachim Kirschner+ | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | 23 December 1942 | Awarded 267th Oak Leaves 2 August 1943 | — |
| Ludwig Kirschner+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 436 | 18 January 1942 | Awarded 135th Oak Leaves 28 October 1942 | — |
| Ernst Kirsten | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 410 | 15 May 1944* | Killed in action 19 April 1944 | — |
| Rudi Kirsten | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Ersatz und Ausbildungs-Abteilung "Großdeutschland" | 28 March 1945 | — | — |
| Hans Kissel | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 683 | 17 March 1944 | — | — |
| Paul Kitta | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 439 | 23 February 1944 | — | — |
| Dipl.-Ing. Friedrich Kittel | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 62. Volks-Grenadier-Division | 9 January 1945 | — | — |
| Heinrich Kittel | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Combat commander of Lemberg | 12 August 1944 | — | |
| Kurt Kittel | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter | Granatwerfertruppführer (grenade thrower troop leader) in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 88 | 29 November 1944 | — | — |
| Otto Kittel+ | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 29 October 1943 | Awarded 449th Oak Leaves 11 April 1944 113th Swords 25 November 1944 | — |
| Hans Klärmann | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 361 | 9 September 1942 | — | — |
| Hans Klaiber | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3.(I)/Flak-Regiment 11 (motorized) | 26 July 1942 | — | — |
| Hans Klammeck | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 1082 | 10 February 1945 | — | — |
| Günter Klappich+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 60 (motorized) | 31 July 1942 | Awarded 254th Oak Leaves 8 June 1943 | — |
| Edmund Klar | Heer | 09-HWachtmeister | Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 3./Artillerie-Regiment 122 | 17 June 1943 | — | — |
| Fritz Klasing+ | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 446 | 12 August 1944 | Awarded 745th Oak Leaves 19 February 1945 | — |
| Helmut Klassmann | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Chief of the 3. Räumbootsflottille | 22 December 1943 | — | — |
| Paul Klatt+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138 | 4 January 1943 | Awarded 686th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 | |
| Werner Klaucke | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 200 | 4 July 1944 | — | — |
| Johann-Alfred Klaus | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelführer of the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | 26 March 1944 | — | — |
| Ludwig Klaus | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 340 | 7 October 1944 | — | — |
| Otto Klaus | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 333 | 17 September 1944 | — | — |
| Franz Klausgraber | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 227 | 13 March 1942 | — | — |
| Erich Klawe+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 23 | 12 July 1942 | Awarded 227th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943 | — |
| Ludwig Kleber | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 212 | 5 April 1945* | Killed in action 9 February 1945 | — |
| Friedrich Klee | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Leader of the assault platoon/Füsilier-Bataillon 126 | 21 January 1945 | — | — |
| Karl Kleeberger | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiments Gruppe 554 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| Ulrich Kleemann+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of the 3. Schützen-Brigade | 13 October 1941 | Awarded 304th Oak Leaves 16 September 1943 | — |
| Willy Kleemann | Heer | 10-HOberfähnrich | Leader of the 2./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 51 | 11 January 1945 | — | — |
| Paul-Georg Kleffel | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3 | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| Philipp Kleffel | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 1. Infanterie-Division | 17 February 1942 | — | — |
| Franz Kleffner | Waffen-SS | 15-WSS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon "Totenkopf" | 19 February 1942 | — | — |
| Fritz Kleim | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Brigade 388 | 3 November 1944 | — | — |
| Hans Kleimann | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 426 | 5 April 1945 | — | — |
| Alfons Klein | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 10./Jagdgeschwader 11 | 27 April 1945 | — | — |
| [Dr.] Armin Klein | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Leader of the 15./Fallschirm-Flak-Regiment "Hermann Göring" | 12 March 1945 | — | — |
| Georg Klein | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 15./Jäger-Regiment 204 | 27 August 1943 | — | — |
| Gerhard Klein | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of the Waffenschule (weapons school) AOK 9 | 30 December 1943 | — | — |
| Heinrich Klein | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 2./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | 10 June 1943 | — | — |
| Dr. Herbert Klein | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Pilot in the Stabsstaffel I./Kampfgeschwader 100 | 29 February 1944 | — | — |
| Hermann Klein+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Regiment adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 551 | 15 April 1944 | Awarded 567th Oak Leaves 2 September 1944 | — |
| Kurt Klein | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 424 | 16 April 1944 | — | — |
| Max Klein | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 485 | 9 April 1944 | — | — |
| Walter Klein | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 193 | 9 May 1940 | — | — |
| Erhard Kleindienst | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 8./Jäger-Regiment 28 | 18 December 1944* | Killed in action 11 October 1944 | — |
| Matthias Kleinheisterkamp+ | Waffen-SS | 18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS | Commander of SS-Division "Das Reich" | 31 March 1942 | Awarded (871st) Oak Leaves 9 May 1945? | |
| Alfons Kleinmann | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 118 | 14 August 1943 | — | — |
| Ernst Kleinschmidt | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Adjutant in Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111 | 30 September 1943 | — | — |
| Werner Kleinschmidt | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Company chief in the Aufklärungs-Abteilung 341 (motorized) | 14 December 1941 | — | — |
| Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Kavallerie | Commanding general of the XXII. Armeekorps (Panzer-Gruppe "von Kleist") | 15 May 1940 | Awarded 72nd Oak Leaves 17 February 1942 60th Swords 30 March 1944 | |
| Jarislaff von Kleist-Retzow | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the II./Artillerie-Regiment 161 | 14 February 1945 | — | — |
| Helmut Klemann | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Leader of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 59 | 28 October 1944 | — | — |
| Hans Klemm | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 2./Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland" (motorized) | 10 December 1942 | — | — |
| Rudolf Klemm | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 10./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 18 November 1944 | — | — |
| Heinrich Klemt? | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of Panzer-Pionier-Baillion II./Führer-Grenadier-Brigade | 2 May 1945 | — | — |
| Bernhard Klemz | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Chief of the 5./Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | 4 June 1944 | — | — |
| Friedrich Kless | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 55 | 14 October 1940 | — | — |
| Albert Klett | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves | Chief of the 6./SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15 "Florian Geyer" | 16 October 1944 | — | |
| Hans-Dietrich Klette | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 4 | 5 April 1944 | — | — |
| Nikodemus Kliemann? | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 410 | 9 May 1945 | — | — |
| Heinz Klien | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän in the II./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | 12 November 1941 | — | — |
| Erich Klier | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 5./Jäger-Regiment 56 | 4 May 1944 | — | — |
| Robert Klima | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 1 | 10 August 1943 | — | — |
| Helmut Klimek | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Radio operator in the 14.(Eisenbahnbekämpfungsstaffel)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| Heinrich Kling | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer | Chief of the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 23 February 1944 | — | — |
| Fritz Klingenberg | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer | Chief of the 2./SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon 2 "Reich" | 14 May 1941 | — | |
| Kurt Klinger | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 15.(Radfahr)/Grenadier-Regiment 89 | 19 January 1943 | — | — |
| Walter Klinke | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 31 | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| Friedrich Klischat | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Füssilier-Regiment 27 | 12 March 1944 | — | — |
| Franz Klitsch | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Company leader in Grenadier-Regiment 120 (motorized) | 22 January 1943 | — | — |
| Walter Klocke | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Sturm-Regiment 215 | 20 April 1944 | — | — |
| Heinrich Klöpper | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 11./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | 4 September 1942 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Klöpping | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter | Machine gunner in the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 | 15 May 1943 | — | — |
| Hermann Kloos | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Chief of the 3.(Schützenpanzerwagen)/Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8 | 13 December 1943* | Died of wounds 10 December 1943 | — |
| Otto Klos | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of Jäger-Regiment 41 (L) | 9 December 1944 | — | — |
| Erwin Klose | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of the II./Jäger-Regiment 28 | 9 January 1945 | — | — |
| Friedrich Klose | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Gun leader in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 240 | 20 August 1942 | — | — |
| Helmut Klose | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115 | 16 November 1944 | — | — |
| Paul Klose | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment "Hauf" in the fortress Breslau | 30 April 1945 | — | — |
| Werner Klosinski | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| Karl Kloskowski+ | Waffen-SS | 10-WSS-Hauptscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | 11 July 1943 | Awarded 546th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944 | |
| Max Kloß | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144 | 26 November 1944 | — | — |
| Ernst Klossek | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 12./Infanterie-Regiment 422 | 23 February 1942 | — | — |
| Bernhard Klosterkemper | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 920 | 4 July 1944 | — | — |
| Ludwig Klotz | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 423 | 4 July 1940 | — | — |
| Hans Klotzsche | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 80 | 28 December 1943 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Klüber | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | 16 April 1943 | — | — |
| Werner Klümper | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 26 | 29 August 1943 | — | — |
| Erich Klünder | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän | Chief of the 5. Minensuchflottille | 12 August 1944 | — | — |
| Ewald Klüser | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Chief of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 12 | 10 February 1945 | — | — |
| [Dr.] Max Klüver | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40 | 12 October 1943 | — | — |
| Bernd Klug+ | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 12 March 1941 | Awarded 361st Oak Leaves 1 January 1944 | |
| Ernst Kluge | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 | 7 October 1944 | — | — |
| Gerhard Kluge | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 586 | 9 June 1944 | — | |
| Günther von Kluge+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Artillerie | Commander-in-Chief of the 4. Armee | 30 September 1939 | Awarded 181st Oak Leaves 18 January 1943 40th Swords 29 October 1943 | |
| Waldemar Kluge | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Commander of the I./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Hermann Göring" | 2 August 1943 | — | — |
| Wolfgang von Kluge | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 292. Infanterie-Division | 29 August 1943 | — | — |
| Hans-Jürgen Klußmann | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Technical officer in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | 9 November 1944 | — | — |
| Bernhard Kluth | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12./Schützen-Regiment 4 | 28 November 1940 | — | — |
| Lothar Kmitta | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 5 | 18 November 1944 | — | — |