| Name | Rank | Born | Died | Notes [+ indicates died while crew of boat] |
| Ansorg | Emil | MtrOGfr | 18.01.1919 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ main gun explosion lost E.of Barbados |
| Aust | Paul | | | | U-156 birthplace Bad Krotzingen |
| Becker | Rolf-Wilhelm-Ernst | OMaschMt | 20.12.1915 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ US Catalina aircraft (VP-53/P-1). All crew lost lost E.of Barbados 12.38N. 54.39W. |
| Berg | Peter-Johann | MtrGfr | 14.04.1923 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Bodenhausen | Günter | MaschOGfr | 28.12.1921 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Borne von dem | Dietrich-Alfred | Olt.z.S.23.01.45 | 18.12.1920 | 00.00.2005 | "U-156. Lt.z.S. 3WO. surv. wounded 16.02.42.plug left in cannon barrel while attacking Aruba refinery.landed at Martinique ,Vichy French Naval hospital,right foot amputed.Was exchanged prisoner 19.05.44.and returned to Germany." birthplace Berlin-Grunewald serial/entry Crew of 1938 |
| Brombusch | Helmut | MtrGfr | 28.02.1922 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Buchholz | Willi-Karl-Albert | MechGfr | 09.08.1923 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Büssinger | Heinrich | MtrGfr | 15.03.1920 | 16.02.1942 | U-156+ Gun explosion lost Aruba |
| Dengler | Hans | MtrOGfr | 12.05.1922 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Dopf | Helmut | OMaschMt | 07.02.1917 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Fischer | Max | Lt.z.S. | 06.04.1922 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ 1WO lost E.of Barbados |
| Franceschi | Gerhard | OLt.z.S.01.04.45 | 01.10.1921 | 04.07.2009 | U-156. WO.Sea Training.(1942). U-764. WO.(05.43-10.44) U-4704. Cdr.(03.45-05.45) birthplace Augsdorf lost Düsseldorf serial/entry Crew of I/1941 |
| Friedel | Gerhard | MaschMt | 23.03.1918 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Frühling | Anton-Eilert-Johannes | MtrGfr.01.10.34. BtsMt.01.10.35. OBtsMt.01.10.37. OStrm.01.11.39. StOStrm.-1.11.42 | 20.06.1911 | 08.03.1943 | """EMDEN"" (04.01.32-31.03.33). ""DEUTSCHLAND"" (01.04.33-18.09.33). ""Köln"" (15.12.33-28.09.34). ""GORCH FOCK"" (03.12.34-13.02.35). ""Königsberg"" (21.09.36-02.10.37).(18.12.37-02.04.38). ""HAUR LODY"" (17.09.38-14.02.39). U-156+ (24.12.41-08.03.43)." birthplace Rüstringen lost E.of Barbados serial/entry N.195/30.S. |
| Gruber | Theo | OBtsMt | 13.06.1918 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Haberhausen | Karl-Heinz | BtsMt | 21.03.1921 | | U-156. U-237. U-990. surv. U-2512 birthplace Hagen serial/entry UN.4096/40 S |
| Hacker | Erich | FkOGfr | 24.08.1922 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Hartenstein | Werner | KKapt | 27.02.1908 | 08.03.1943 | "U-156+ Cdr. (04.09.41-08.03.43). ""Jaguar"" Cdr.(10.39-03.41). ""Seeadler"" Cdr.(11.38-10.39)." birthplace Plauen. Vogtland lost E.of Barbados serial/entry Crew of 1928 awards Spanish Cross. 06.06.39. E.K.2. 16.11.39. E.K.1. 27.04.40. DKiG. 02.02.42. (torpedoboatJaguar). R.K. 17.09.42. (U-156) |
| Horl | Heinz | StOMasch | 05.06.1910 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Hutmacher | Walter | | 30.05.1918 | 06.02.1999 | U-156 |
| Just | Paul | KpLt.01.08.43 | 24.12.1915 | 08.09.2000 | Luftwaffe.(10.38-12.40). U-156. 1WO.09.41-07.42. U-151. Cdr.09.42-05.43. U-546. Cdr.02.06.43-24.04.45. Pow. Subjected to Brutal interrogations & beatings. Released 12.03.46 birthplace Hamburg lost UK-Kiel serial/entry Crew of 1936 awards DKiG. 03.05.44.(U-546). |
| Kapitza | Paul | FkMt | 02.07.1921 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Kleer | Hans | OMasch | | | U-156. U-2551 |
| Kleinert | Herbert | OMasch | 03.12.1916 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| König | Helmut | MtrOGfr | 11.10.1922 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Krätter | Willi | MtrGfr | 24.11.1924 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Küster | Hans-Gunter | MaschMt | 25.05.1919 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Langfeldt | Heinz | | | | U-156 |
| Lau | Hans | OMaschMt | 10.05.1917 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Laurisch | Heinz | | | 16.07.1994 | U-156 |
| Mannesmann | Gert-Fritjof | KpLt.d.R | 14.10.1910 | 08.04.1945 | 11th.M.S.Flot.1.W.O.(09.39-03.40). 13th.M.S.Flot. Cdr.(03.40-08.40). 56th.M.S.Flot. Cdr.(08.40-05.41). U-563. WO.(11.41-03.42). U-156. WO.(04.42-11.42). U-545. Cdr.(05.43-02.44). U-2502+ Cdr.(07.44-04.45) killed bombing raid Hamburg Howaldt bunker.bomb splinter in neck birthplace Bonn lost Hamburg awards DKiG. 07.03.44.(U-545). buried Hamburg-Finkenwerder. Grave 23 / 6. |
| Marcibal | Ludwig | FkMt | 11.11.1921 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Marek | Günter | BtsMt | 09.02.1918 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Moll | Leopold | MtrOGfr | 27.08.1921 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Müller | Heinrich | MaschOGfr | 17.10.1919 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Müller | Herbert | MaschGfr | 21.09.1923 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Müller | Kurt | MaschGfr | 02.09.1923 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Müller | Theodor | OMaschMt | 05.11.1919 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Nix | Rudolf | MaschOGfr | 04.04.1922 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Notdurft | Franz | MaschOGfr | 25.02.1920 | 13.01.1943 | U-156+ internal injuries birthplace Hildesheim lost Lorient buried Pornichet(France). Block 9. Row 17. Grave 425. |
| Opitz | Hans-Joachim | MtrGfr | 10.06.1924 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Ostermeier | Karl | MaschOGfr | 23.02.1923 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Parschau | Hugo | FkOGfr | 29.01.1921 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Peiser | Karl | MaschOGfr | 25.07.1921 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Peters | Silvester | Lt.z.S | 31.12.1920 | 08.03.1943 | U-68. U-156+ 2WO lost E.of Barbados |
| Pokorny | Gerhard | Lt.z.S | 20.01.1921 | 00.00.1991 | U-156. WO.3 patrols. U-510. 2WO.(Mar.43-May-45) birthplace Schildberg / Sudetenland |
| Polchau | Wilhelm | OLt.ing | | 15.03.1968 | U-155. U-156 |
| Rau | Sieghard | OMaschMt | 03.02.1918 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |
| Reglin | Ernst | OMaschMt | 19.09.1918 | 08.03.1943 | U-156+ lost E.of Barbados |